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LA: Federal Prosecutor Disbarred for Anonymous Online Comments about Pending Cases

LA: Federal Prosecutor Disbarred for Anonymous Online Comments about Pending Cases

by OpenFile | Dec 7, 2018 | Louisiana

The Louisiana federal prosecutor known for his prolific online rants (about cases his office was prosecuting, no less) has been held to account by the state’s highest court. Six years after former senior litigation counsel Sal Perricone of the U.S. Attorney’s...
LA: The Raging Fire of Brady Violations Continues to Burn in Louisiana; Will SCOTUS Help Put It Out?

LA: The Raging Fire of Brady Violations Continues to Burn in Louisiana; Will SCOTUS Help Put It Out?

by Bert | Apr 19, 2018 | Louisiana

Our long-running fascination with Brady violations in Louisiana—well-documented in many, many of our posts over the years—is not only based on our website’s genesis (the U.S. Supreme Court’s remarkably discouraging opinion about prosecutorial accountability in Connick...
LA: Weak Enforcement of Prosecutorial Ethics Just Got Weaker in the Nation’s Hotbed of Misconduct

LA: Weak Enforcement of Prosecutorial Ethics Just Got Weaker in the Nation’s Hotbed of Misconduct

by Bert | Oct 24, 2017 | Louisiana

Louisiana is often featured on the Open File. The jurisdiction is a hotbed of prosecutorial misconduct, and compelling stories emerge from it with regularity. In 2016, we wrote: Even casual criminal justice observers know that Louisiana has a uniquely sordid history...
LA: State Supreme Court Continues to Bungle Brady Issues, This Time in Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Case

LA: State Supreme Court Continues to Bungle Brady Issues, This Time in Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Case

by Bert | Aug 1, 2017 | Louisiana

In late June, the Louisiana Supreme Court handed down an important opinion that primarily concerns the sentencing of juvenile offenders. The secondary issue in the case—the prosecution’s late disclosure of exculpatory evidence—is what brings The Open File to the...

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