Entries tagged with “Elvis Brooks”
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Oct 23, 2019
Louisiana Man Freed 42 Years After Wrongful Conviction in Death-Penalty Trial
A Louisiana prisoner wrongfully prosecuted for capital murder has agreed to a plea deal that secures his freedom after spending 42 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. With the assistance of the Innocence Project New Orleans, Elvis Brooks (pictured) succeeded in overturning his 1997 conviction and agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange for his release on October 15,…