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NC: Prosecutorial Misconduct Moves Court of Appeals to Overturn Two Defendants’ Convictions

NC: Prosecutorial Misconduct Moves Court of Appeals to Overturn Two Defendants’ Convictions

by Bert | Jul 5, 2016 | North Carolina

A recent Court of Appeals decision out of North Carolina reveals a stunning tale of prosecutorial manipulation and misconduct in Wake County. While pursuing robbery charges against two defendants for holding up a club promoter, the lead prosecutor in the case,...
Supposed Poster Child Case for NC Death Penalty Ends in Exonerations After State Withholds Evidence, Offers False Testimony

Supposed Poster Child Case for NC Death Penalty Ends in Exonerations After State Withholds Evidence, Offers False Testimony

by Sophie | Sep 3, 2014 | North Carolina, The Open File Blog

The murder case which inspired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to suggest that such a crime made it “hard to argue against lethal injection,” and which the North Carolina Republican Party used to accuse a Democrat of being soft on crime in 2010...
The Legacy of Misconduct in the Durham County District Attorney’s Office

The Legacy of Misconduct in the Durham County District Attorney’s Office

by OpenFile | Mar 20, 2014 | North Carolina, The Open File Blog

Radley Balko’s latest post for The Washington Post features an in-depth look at the case of Darryl Howard, a Durham man who was convicted of murder in North Carolina in 1995. There are lingering questions about Howard’s guilt, in part because key evidence...
NC: Despite Affirming Conviction, 4th Circuit Blasts Federal Prosecutors in Eastern District of North Carolina

NC: Despite Affirming Conviction, 4th Circuit Blasts Federal Prosecutors in Eastern District of North Carolina

by Jane | Aug 28, 2013 | North Carolina, The Open File Blog

A three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a blistering critique of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina in an opinion filed August 23, 2013. The Fourth Circuit considered a number of...
NYT: Suggestions for Reform 50 Years on from Brady v. Maryland

NYT: Suggestions for Reform 50 Years on from Brady v. Maryland

by OpenFile | May 22, 2013 | North Carolina, The Open File Blog

On May 18, The New York Times wrote an editorial about the 50 year anniversary of Brady v. Maryland that explores the insufficiency of what it terms “the Brady rule” (that is, the obligation of the state to turn over exculpatory evidence to defendants) in...
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