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13 Jul 2007, 10:15 am
"After an outcry over New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan's dropping the case against a man accused in last summer's quintuple murder, Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti agreed to investigate how the Orleans Parish prosecutor's office deals with homicides and other violent offenses, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune. [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 10:07 am by ebcarpenter
The trio remained imprisoned until attorneys with the Innocence Project New Orleans uncovered evidence pointing to numerous inequities in their case, leading Jefferson Parish prosecutors to dismiss the casetwo years ago. [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 7:56 pm by ebcarpenter
The checkpoint will include troopers from State Police Trooop B, deputies from theJefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department and officers from the East Jefferson Levee District Police Department. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 10:15 am
Gregory Bright and Earl Truvia, who also want punitive damages, accuse prosecutors under former Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick of withholding key evidence from the defense. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 8:46 pm by ebcarpenter
Tammany Parish District Attorney pursued a charge of first-offense driving while intoxicated. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 1:00 pm
While facing his seventh execution date, a private investigator discovered scientific evidence of Thompson's innocence that had been concealed for 15 years by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 12:46 pm by brian
Served More Time than Any Other Person in Louisiana Cleared by DNA(New Orleans, LA – October 21, 2011) With the consent of Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr., a judge late yesterday vacated the rape conviction and dismissed the charges against Henry James as a result of DNA testing on crime scene evidence proving his innocence. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 7:57 am by Renee Newman Knake
  The case involved prosecutorial misconduct out of the District Attorney's office in Orleans Parish. [read post]
25 Apr 2020, 5:02 am by Eugene Volokh
Cannizzaro: Plaintiffs allege that for years, prosecutors at the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office (the "Office"), under the direction of District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, used fake "subpoenas" to pressure crime victims and witnesses to meet with them. [read post]
26 Sep 2006, 11:39 am
Calvin Johnson, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court• Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. [read post]
5 Nov 2011, 9:21 pm by Lyle Denniston
Andrieu, an assistant district attorney in New Orleans. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 3:12 pm by Lyle Denniston
Whitley, the Supreme Court had overturned a conviction “because of the extent of the Brady violations by the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 4:07 am
The order, issued Monday by judges in the Criminal District Court, said mismanagement of the Orleans Parish Indigent Defender Program has denied poor defendants their 6th Amendment right to proper legal representation. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 8:26 pm by Jessica Fitts - Guest
  The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office conceded that prosecutors failed to turn over, in violation of Brady v. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 4:15 pm by ebcarpenter
Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr., whose office did not initiate the prosecution, then dismissed the case after concluding evidence in the March 6, 1996, killing of Michelle Gallagher, 25, of Waggaman, was not reliable. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 11:27 am by Alicia Maule
“We are grateful to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick for working with the Innocence Project and for the cooperation of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in correcting this grave injustice,” said Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 3:00 am by SHG
Thompson, it just got harder.Here's the background from the case summary: Petitioner the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office concedes that, in prosecuting respondent Thompson for attempted armed robbery, prosecutors violated Brady v. [read post]