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CA: Orange County Debacle Leads to New Law for Reporting Prosecutorial Misconduct

by Alec | Oct 16, 2015 | California, The Open File Blog

In what may be the first law of its kind to directly address what Federal Appellate Judge Alex Kozinski has called the “epidemic” of prosecutorial misconduct in the United States, the California Legislature last week passed a bill requiring a trial judge...
New Data Highlights Systematic Bias of “Materiality” Standard in Brady Decisions

New Data Highlights Systematic Bias of “Materiality” Standard in Brady Decisions

by Alec | Nov 23, 2014 | National, The Open File Blog

A new report, which offers a detailed empirical analysis of the role judicial review plays in the disclosure of favorable information to defendants, has found that application of the “materiality” standard to determine whether or not a Brady violation has occurred has...

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