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Prosecutors Continue to Duck Brady By Sitting on Exculpatory Evidence Until the Last Minute

by Jane | Mar 20, 2019 | National, The Open File Blog

Prosecutors’ withholding of exculpatory information until the eve of trial in two recent cases in two different states serves as an important reminder that the tactic is commonplace. In both cases, the stakes couldn’t be higher, with defendants going to trial on...
NJ: Prosecutor’s Persistence in Presenting Improper Evidence Leads to Former Police Chief’s Convictions Being Overturned

NJ: Prosecutor’s Persistence in Presenting Improper Evidence Leads to Former Police Chief’s Convictions Being Overturned

by OpenFile | Aug 3, 2015 | The Open File Blog

Northjersey.com reports that a New Jersey appeals court has thrown out ex-Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa’s convictions for insurance fraud and official misconduct, citing misconduct on the part of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office at Zisa’sis...
Prosecutors Earn Reversals in 3 States Last Month Due to their Improper Arguments

Prosecutors Earn Reversals in 3 States Last Month Due to their Improper Arguments

by Sophie | Nov 10, 2014 | New Jersey, Oregon, The Open File Blog, Washington

Opening and closing statements and the use of PowerPoint slides got prosecutors into hot water in three different states in October, with appellate courts reversing convictions after finding that those prosecutors made improper arguments about defendants or their...
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Victim of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Has Died

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Victim of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Has Died

by David | Apr 20, 2014 | New Jersey, The Open File Blog

In the days before the advent of forensic DNA testing, exonerations were relatively rare. Few in America had a sense of how common wrongful convictions were. Even into the 1990s, it was rare to see the now-common media coverage of men being released after decades in...

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