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LA: The Raging Fire of Brady Violations Continues to Burn in Louisiana; Will SCOTUS Help Put It Out?

LA: The Raging Fire of Brady Violations Continues to Burn in Louisiana; Will SCOTUS Help Put It Out?

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...
LA: Stunning Amount of Exculpatory Evidence Ruled “Immaterial” to Murder Conviction of 16 year old with Intellectual Disability

LA: Stunning Amount of Exculpatory Evidence Ruled “Immaterial” to Murder Conviction of 16 year old with Intellectual Disability

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...
LA: An Election for District Attorney with National Implications

LA: An Election for District Attorney with National Implications

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...
LA: Exculpatory Statements Emerge After Trial

LA: Exculpatory Statements Emerge After Trial

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...

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