by Bert | Nov 20, 2017 | Alabama
It’s no secret prosecutors accused of discriminating against prospective jurors in jury selection usually get away with excluding the jurors they do not want to serve. What is remarkable, however, is that even prosecutors who document plans to strike jurors on the...
by Alec | Apr 23, 2015 | Georgia, The Open File Blog
In a classic example of the abuse of jailhouse informant testimony, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the Georgia Supreme Court has overturned the 2007 arson and felony-murder convictions of a Haralson County man. Justin Chapman was charged with setting a...
by OpenFile | Jan 17, 2014 | Georgia, The Open File Blog
Prosecutorial misconduct has led courts in Kansas and Georgia to overturn convictions for child sex crimes in recent weeks. In Georgia, a man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child molestation has won a new trial after prosecutors failed to disclose that the child...
