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Legal Scholarship: Forthcoming Article Highlights Potential of Targeted Disclosure of Brady Violations

by Bert | Jun 12, 2018 | Research

In 2019, the Vanderbilt Law Review will publish an article by Professor Jason Kreag currently titled “Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct.” The article’s core idea picks up on the value of something we have tried to live out here at The Open File: putting judicial...
NY: Prosecutor’s Deliberate Hiding of Impeachment Evidence Requires New Trial in Rape Prosecution

NY: Prosecutor’s Deliberate Hiding of Impeachment Evidence Requires New Trial in Rape Prosecution

by Bert | Jul 25, 2016 | New York

If the title of this post looks familiar, it may remind you of the previous one: “RI: Prosecutor’s Deliberate Hiding of Impeachment Evidence Requires New Trial in High-Profile Murder Case.” Again, prosecutorial misconduct is in the headlines, prompting reasonable...
RI: Prosecutor’s Deliberate Hiding of Impeachment Evidence Requires New Trial in High-Profile Murder Case

RI: Prosecutor’s Deliberate Hiding of Impeachment Evidence Requires New Trial in High-Profile Murder Case

by Bert | Jul 18, 2016 | Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has affirmed a post-conviction court’s decision to grant Raymond Tempest a new trial due to the illegal suppression of favorable evidence in his case. Mr. Tempest had been found guilty back in 1992 for the 1982 murder of Doreen Picard....
NC: Prosecutorial Misconduct Moves Court of Appeals to Overturn Two Defendants’ Convictions

NC: Prosecutorial Misconduct Moves Court of Appeals to Overturn Two Defendants’ Convictions

by Bert | Jul 5, 2016 | North Carolina

A recent Court of Appeals decision out of North Carolina reveals a stunning tale of prosecutorial manipulation and misconduct in Wake County. While pursuing robbery charges against two defendants for holding up a club promoter, the lead prosecutor in the case,...
WA: The Prudent Course: The Ninth Circuit Flags Unethical Prosecutorial Actions in King County; Judge Kozinski Names the Prosecutors Involved

WA: The Prudent Course: The Ninth Circuit Flags Unethical Prosecutorial Actions in King County; Judge Kozinski Names the Prosecutors Involved

by Bert | Mar 23, 2016 | Washington

Judge Alex Kozinski, who has made headlines over the past few years for raising concerns about our nation’s epidemic of prosecutorial misconduct, is making good on his promise to “name names” when prosecutors engage in chicanery. On Monday, Kozinski authored the Ninth...
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