by Alec | Sep 30, 2014 | California, The Open File Blog
It wouldn’t have been hard. He’s up by more than twenty points in the polls. He’s about to enter what will be his forth and presumably last term as Governor. The Assembly had passed the bill by nineteen votes, the Senate by seven. And yet still, Jerry Brown failed...
by Alec | Sep 29, 2014 | California, The Open File Blog
As the issue of prosecutorial misconduct has begun to rise into public consciousness, and demands for accountability have grown louder, The Open File has been tracking a few states (see, Pending Legislation) where legislatures have begun to address the lack of...
by OpenFile | Jun 23, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog
Below is a summary of the latest news on prosecutor misconduct and accountability out of New York State from recent weeks. This includes (1) more bad news out of the Brooklyn DA’s office, (2) the progress of a pair of bills designed to establish a commission on...
by Sophie | May 15, 2014 | New York, The Open File Blog
A pair of identical bills currently winding their way through the New York House and Senate would establish a state commission on prosecutor conduct to review complaints about prosecutors and enforce discipline. The bill to create the commission, which would be the...
by OpenFile | Dec 30, 2013 | California, The Open File Blog
The Los Angeles Times editorial board wrote yesterday about Chief Judge Kozinski’s scathing dissent in a recent criminal case in which he described an epidemic of Brady violations among prosecutors. In a piece titled, “Don’t ignore the Brady rule:...
