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LA: Federal Prosecutor Disbarred for Anonymous Online Comments about Pending Cases

LA: Federal Prosecutor Disbarred for Anonymous Online Comments about Pending Cases

by OpenFile | Dec 7, 2018 | Louisiana

The Louisiana federal prosecutor known for his prolific online rants (about cases his office was prosecuting, no less) has been held to account by the state’s highest court. Six years after former senior litigation counsel Sal Perricone of the U.S. Attorney’s...
LA: DOJ Report on AUSA Online Commenting Scandal Released to Press

LA: DOJ Report on AUSA Online Commenting Scandal Released to Press

by OpenFile | Apr 1, 2015 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

The Department of Justice has released a report on its internal investigation into the online commenting scandal which resulted in U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s resignation and the overturning of convictions against five New Orleans police officers in the Danziger...
LA: Online Commenting Scandal by New Orleans Assistant US Attorneys Threatens Yet Another Conviction

LA: Online Commenting Scandal by New Orleans Assistant US Attorneys Threatens Yet Another Conviction

by OpenFile | Jun 30, 2014 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Ricochets from the 2012 online commenting scandal that implicated former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s top prosecutors continue to be felt in New Orleans this month with a federal judge sending the case of Rennee Gill Pratt back to court for an evidentiary hearing....
LA: Danziger Bridge Update – Appeal Filed, Records Unsealed

LA: Danziger Bridge Update – Appeal Filed, Records Unsealed

by OpenFile | Nov 4, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

As was expected, the federal government is appealing the ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Kurt Englehardt which overturned the convictions of 5 former New Orleans police officers in the Danziger Bridge case because the judge found “grotesque” and...
LA: Another Federal Prosecutor Exposed for Commenting under Pseudonym on Nola.com

LA: Another Federal Prosecutor Exposed for Commenting under Pseudonym on Nola.com

by OpenFile | Oct 3, 2013 | Louisiana, The Open File Blog

Earlier this week we highlighted an opinion-editorial in The Huffington Post about prosecutorial misconduct in the Danziger Bridge case which has led to five New Orleans police having their criminal convictions overturned. The U.S. Attorney’s office led by Jim...
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