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The shocking story of a man sitting on death row because prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence.
It should be shocking, but in Louisiana violations of the Brady Rule are standard operating procedure for many prosecutors. /1
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It should be shocking, but in Louisiana violations of the Brady Rule are standard operating procedure for many prosecutors. /1
#ResistanceJustice
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The Brady Rule stems from the landmark case Brady v. Maryland (1963), which requires prosecutors to disclose material evidence that could negate a defendant's guilt, reduce a defendant's sentence, or impugn the credibility of a witness. /2
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Brady violations are a problem nationwide, but especially bad in Louisiana. The Supreme Court has scrutinized the state's interpretation of the Brady Rule three times since 1995. All Brady cases that the Supreme Court has reviewed were from Louisiana. /3
