by Bert | Apr 19, 2018 | Louisiana
Our long-running fascination with Brady violations in Louisiana—well-documented in many, many of our posts over the years—is not only based on our website’s genesis (the U.S. Supreme Court’s remarkably discouraging opinion about prosecutorial accountability in Connick...
by Alec | Dec 10, 2015 | Louisiana
In an opinion that reads like a parody of the absurd results courts can reach in applying the doctrine of “materiality” in Brady claims, a judge in Louisiana held late last month that witness statements placing a murder weapon in the hands of a man other...
by Alec | May 7, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
It is rare that an election for a local district attorney has such clear, national implications as the one that will unfold this summer and fall in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Encompassing Shreveport and its surrounding towns and villages, Caddo has a population of a...
by OpenFile | Nov 12, 2012 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog
The Angola 5 cases involve the prosecution of five inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary who were allegedly responsible for the death of a security guard, Cpt. David Knapps, in the course of a 1999 escape attempt. Three of the defendants have been tried and...
