Hot mic and disruptions
2 judges were recently disciplined for misconduct related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 8, 2021, after a telephonic hearing in a civil case in which he had sanctioned one
July 5, 2022
2 judges were recently disciplined for misconduct related to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 8, 2021, after a telephonic hearing in a civil case in which he had sanctioned one
Another judge has been sanctioned for an inappropriate reaction to public criticism. For a discussion of 2 other recent cases on the topic, see “Thin Skin.” Based on the report
Based on stipulations and an agreement that included the justice’s retirement, the California Commission on Judicial Performance publicly admonished an appellate court justice for (1) delays in deciding approximately 200
We write with good news. In a case we’ve covered for many years, sometimes pessimistically, the Arizona Supreme Court has taken strong action against prosecutorial misconduct. Recently, the court affirmed
For the last 25 years, we’ve been living in the era of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA). It’s been a period of unprecedented and excessive deference to
It’s hard to believe that a prosecutor with a track record of misconduct as long and as egregious as John Johnson’s, the former Chief Assistant District Attorney for Glynn County, Georgia, is
A disappointing update to a troubling Batson case we’ve previously covered, Broadnax v. Davis. In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit did exactly what we feared it might, ruling
At first read, the recent prosecutor accountability headlines announcing the two-year-law suspension of former Assistant District Attorney Glenn Kurtzrock for withholding key exculpatory evidence during a murder trial sound like
It’s hard to believe, but when the Open File started in 2012, the idea that prosecutorial misconduct is rampant in the criminal justice system was controversial. Today, it’s not. At all. Back then,
If Brandon Bernard’s scheduled federal execution is carried out on December 10, 2020, the egregious prosecutorial misconduct that secured his death sentence will never be reviewed in a court of
