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LA: DOJ Report on AUSA Online Commenting Scandal Released to Press

LA: DOJ Report on AUSA Online Commenting Scandal Released to Press

by OpenFile | Apr 1, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

The Department of Justice has released a report on its internal investigation into the online commenting scandal which resulted in U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s resignation and the overturning of convictions against five New Orleans police officers in the Danziger...
LA: Online Commenting Scandal by New Orleans Assistant US Attorneys Threatens Yet Another Conviction

LA: Online Commenting Scandal by New Orleans Assistant US Attorneys Threatens Yet Another Conviction

by OpenFile | Jun 30, 2014 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Ricochets from the 2012 online commenting scandal that implicated former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s top prosecutors continue to be felt in New Orleans this month with a federal judge sending the case of Rennee Gill Pratt back to court for an evidentiary hearing....
HuffPo Op-Ed on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Danziger Bridge Case

HuffPo Op-Ed on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Danziger Bridge Case

by OpenFile | Oct 2, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Deborah Jane Cooper, one of the authors of a groundbreaking study that demonstrated the failure of state bars to police prosecutorial misconduct, has published an opinion editorial in The Huffington Post today about the Danziger Bridge case out of New Orleans and what...
Breaking: Danzinger Bridge Convictions Thrown Out, Judge Says Prosecutorial Misconduct “Grotesque” & “Bizzare”

Breaking: Danzinger Bridge Convictions Thrown Out, Judge Says Prosecutorial Misconduct “Grotesque” & “Bizzare”

by OpenFile | Sep 17, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

From Crimesider via CBS News: Crimesider Staff, “Danziger Bridge Shootings Update: Judge overturns convictions, grants new trial to ex-NOLA officers,” Crimesider, CBS News, September 17, 2013 (CBS/AP) – A judge has ordered that, due to...
LA: Associated Press Joins Times-Picayune in Asking Court to Unseal Documents in Prosecutorial Misconduct Probe

LA: Associated Press Joins Times-Picayune in Asking Court to Unseal Documents in Prosecutorial Misconduct Probe

by OpenFile | Aug 20, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Last week we gave an update on the status of the Department of Justice inquiry into prosecutorial misconduct at the hands of federal prosecutors in New Orleans. Last year, two of former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s top prosecutors were discovered posting improper...
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