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...
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...
