by David | Oct 13, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
Check out this new video by Naomi Martin of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. In it, Emily Maw of the Innocence Project New Orleans talks about two cases from the 1990s that landed back in court last week. According to Emily Maw, in those cases, new evidence has emerged...
by Jane | Sep 12, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
Following the 8-1 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Juan Smith’s murder convictions in January 2012, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office is back to its old tricks by stymieing the efforts of defense counsel to shed light on why...
by OpenFile | Jul 26, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
In June we highlighted an excellent column by James Gill at the Baton Rouge Advocate in Louisiana which honed in on three capital cases from 1995 out of former District Attorney Harry Connick’s office and which have since given the Orleans District...
by OpenFile | Jun 7, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
James Gill has a terrific new column about three capital cases prosecuted under Harry Connick, who was Orleans parish District Attorney from 1973-2003. Gill’s piece,“Connick-era Cases Still in Play,” notes that 1995 was the year Connick’s prosecutors put away Shareef...
