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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
