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Alabama Death Sentence Should Be Tossed Over Misconduct and Other Issues

by Julia | Sep 10, 2019 | Alabama, The Open File Blog

Radley Balko is an invaluable national resource as a long form journalist who does a spectacular job covering criminal justice issues in general and the problem of prosecutorial powerand misconduct specifically. Late last week, Radley wrote a very...
TX: Alfred Brown Actually Innocent; Unethical Prosecutor Could Face New Round of Ethical Scrutiny

TX: Alfred Brown Actually Innocent; Unethical Prosecutor Could Face New Round of Ethical Scrutiny

by Bert | Mar 11, 2019 | Texas

Alfred Brown’s case—one we have covered several times over the years—reached an important milestone this past week. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg “has officially declared Alfred Dewayne Brown, who was on death row for almost 10 years, innocent. An...
TX: Fifth Circuit Takes DOJ’s Bait, Disfigures Brady and Due Process

TX: Fifth Circuit Takes DOJ’s Bait, Disfigures Brady and Due Process

by Bert | Nov 28, 2018 | Texas

After rehearing en banc the case of Alvarez v. The City of Brownsville, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a disconcerting decision. If it was not bad enough that the Department of Justice was angling for an ultra-narrow understanding of prosecutors’ ethical...
PA: Will Pennsylvania’s Disciplinary Board Take Action Against Bridget Kirn?

PA: Will Pennsylvania’s Disciplinary Board Take Action Against Bridget Kirn?

by Bert | Sep 7, 2018 | Pennsylvania

Anthony Wright is a well-known man in Philadelphia. He spent nearly 25 years in prison on murder and rape convictions although he was actually innocent. Even though compelling scientific evidence—that he and the Innocence Project had to fight for years to...
TX: Two Tarrant County Prosecutions Fall Apart Due to False Claims and Brady Violations

TX: Two Tarrant County Prosecutions Fall Apart Due to False Claims and Brady Violations

by Bert | May 11, 2018 | Texas

It has been a lively week in Tarrant County. Two high-profile criminal cases are back in the news, and both demonstrate the influence that false claims and Brady can play when the State is intent on winning convictions. A trial court on Tuesday recommended to the...
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