by Bert | Jun 7, 2017 | California
Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green is not seeking re-election in 2018; perhaps that’s a wise move, considering the circumstances. Already bogged down in considerable muck created by an ever-growing law enforcement scandal, Green’s office is responsible for a...
by Bert | Aug 23, 2016 | Ohio
On his way out the door, Cuyahoga County’s elected District Attorney belatedly conceded to clean up another mess: Tim McGinty dropped murder charges against the “East Cleveland Three”—Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt, and Laurese Glover. This latest and (probably) final...
by OpenFile | Feb 7, 2014 | National, The Open File Blog
This week, the National Registry of Exonerations, housed at the University of Michigan Law School, released new data showing that 2013 was the high-water mark year for exonerations to date , with 87 prisoners freed. This led some legal media, like our colleagues over...