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Settlements Reached in Two Major Cases of Wrongful Conviction Involving Prosecutorial Misconduct

Settlements Reached in Two Major Cases of Wrongful Conviction Involving Prosecutorial Misconduct

by OpenFile | Jul 16, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog, Virginia

Two civil cases have been resolved in which wrongdoing was alleged against prosecutors for murder convictions that were later overturned on the back of prosecutorial misconduct. Michael Hash of Virginia reached an agreement with the prosecutor and sheriff he sued in...
Collins: Hynes Concedes Misconduct was Committed and He Believed Collins was Innocent

Collins: Hynes Concedes Misconduct was Committed and He Believed Collins was Innocent

by Sophie | Apr 14, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog

Now that he is out of office, Joe Hynes has spoken his mind about his former office’s violations of ethical rules in the high-profile Jabbar Collins case, and the fact that he believed Collins was innocent. In a December deposition, Hynes admitted that he...
Brooklyn: Hynes’s Top Deputy Vecchione Announces Retirement

Brooklyn: Hynes’s Top Deputy Vecchione Announces Retirement

by OpenFile | Nov 17, 2013 | New York, The Open File Blog

It’s no surprise that Michael Vecchione, the assistant District Attorney who heads up the Brooklyn DA’s office’s rackets division and who has been at the center of the controversy around wrongful convictions in recent years, has announced his...
The Brooklyn DA Race: Why Six-term Incumbent D.A. Charles Hynes May Lose His Job

The Brooklyn DA Race: Why Six-term Incumbent D.A. Charles Hynes May Lose His Job

by Sophie | Oct 30, 2013 | New York, The Open File Blog

On September 10, Kenneth Thompson, a former federal prosecutor defeated six-term incumbent, 78-year-old D.A. Charles Hynes 55-44 in the Democratic primary for District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn, NY).  Though he lost the Democratic primary, Hynes also ran,...
Election Day in the Primary for District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn)

Election Day in the Primary for District Attorney of Kings County (Brooklyn)

by OpenFile | Sep 10, 2013 | New York, The Open File Blog

Today, Brooklynites will go to the polls to vote for their next District Attorney. Incumbent DA Charles Hynes is being challenged by attorney Kenneth Thompson, and we have been following coverage of the race on our Brooklyn page:...
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