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TX: CCA Agrees Avalanche of Brady-Giglio Violations Overwhelmed Two Convictions

TX: CCA Agrees Avalanche of Brady-Giglio Violations Overwhelmed Two Convictions

by Bert | Jan 16, 2018 | Texas

After years of fighting for a new trial, Dennis Lee Allen and Stanley Mozee were finally vindicated by Texas’s highest criminal court last week. For the final years of that journey, they had an unlikely companion helping them seek relief: the Dallas County District...
Criminal Justice on the Ballot Next Week: DA Races to Watch, Part I

Criminal Justice on the Ballot Next Week: DA Races to Watch, Part I

by Alec | Oct 28, 2014 | Texas, The Open File Blog

As the national political media updates for the ‘nth time their statistical models on the likelihood of Senate control changing hands, races with a far more direct and pervasive influence on the criminal justice system have been playing out across the country this...
TX: Defendant Alleges State Did Not Disclose Deal with Informants in Murder Case

TX: Defendant Alleges State Did Not Disclose Deal with Informants in Murder Case

by OpenFile | Sep 16, 2014 | Texas, The Open File Blog

Grits for Breakfast recently posted on a Dallas murder case with a strong prosecutorial misconduct claim that prosecutors knowingly presented false evidence. State informants testified at trial that they received nothing in exchange for their testimony that they heard...
Conviction Integrity Units: The Limits of Self-Policing Lead to Mixed Outcomes for Defendants

Conviction Integrity Units: The Limits of Self-Policing Lead to Mixed Outcomes for Defendants

by OpenFile | Apr 23, 2014 | National, The Open File Blog

As we reported yesterday, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty is the latest district attorney to launch a conviction integrity unit in his office to review cases of possible wrongful conviction. Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins was the first to...

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