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CNN’s Anderson Cooper Looks at Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Orleans and What Can Be Done to Stop It

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Looks at Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Orleans and What Can Be Done to Stop It

by OpenFile | Dec 9, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 recently aired a segment on the problem of prosecutorial misconduct and the lack of accountability for prosecutors who deliberately hide evidence. In the first clip, CNN details the stories of John Thompson and Michael Anderson who were...
Video: New Evidence Emerges of Alleged Brady Violations In Orleans Parish

Video: New Evidence Emerges of Alleged Brady Violations In Orleans Parish

by David | Oct 13, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Check out this new video by Naomi Martin of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. In it, Emily Maw of the Innocence Project New Orleans talks about two cases from the 1990s that landed back in court last week. According to Emily Maw, in those cases, new evidence has emerged...
Department of Justice Should Conduct Independent Inquiry into Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office under Harry Connick, Sr.

Department of Justice Should Conduct Independent Inquiry into Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office under Harry Connick, Sr.

by Jane | Sep 16, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Revelations that yet another criminal conviction out of New Orleans was attained through the illegal (and potentially criminal) conduct of an Orleans Parish prosecutor makes you wonder whether any of the cases won under former District Attorney Harry Connick, Sr. were...
LA: Juan Smith Retrial Delayed as Prosecutors Refuse to Bring Police Witness to Court to Answer Why He Hid Evidence

LA: Juan Smith Retrial Delayed as Prosecutors Refuse to Bring Police Witness to Court to Answer Why He Hid Evidence

by Jane | Sep 12, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Following the 8-1 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Juan Smith’s murder convictions in January 2012, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office is back to its old tricks by stymieing the efforts of defense counsel to shed light on why...
Breaking: Federal Judge Throws Out Yet Another New Orleans Conviction After DA’s Office Elicits Perjured Testimony

Breaking: Federal Judge Throws Out Yet Another New Orleans Conviction After DA’s Office Elicits Perjured Testimony

by OpenFile | Sep 7, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Another criminal conviction has been thrown out because the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office elicited perjured testimony and suppressed evidence at trial.  Judge Helen Berrigan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that...

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