Entries tagged with “Michael Anderson”

Issues

Aug 10, 2020

Orleans Parish D.A. Will Not Run for Re-Election, Tenure Tainted By Office Misconduct in Death-Penalty Cases

After 12 years as **Orleans Parish**, **Louisiana** District Attorney, **Leon Cannizzaro** (pic­tured) has announced that he will not seek re-elec­­tion and will be retir­ing as D.A. at the end of this term. Cannizzaro’s tenure in office was marked by his aggres­sive defense of pri­or offi­cial mis­con­duct in cap­i­tal cas­es, mis­con­duct by his office while he was District Attorney, and rev­e­la­tions that Orleans Parish pros­e­cu­tors had rou­tine­ly issued fake sub­poe­nas and threatened…

Issues

Apr 30, 2020

Federal Appeals Court Denies New Orleans Prosecutors Immunity for Allegedly Threatening Witnesses with Fake Subpoenas

A fed­er­al appeals court in New Orleans has ruled that **Orleans Parish**, **Louisiana** pros­e­cu­tors who ille­gal­ly issued fake sub­poe­nas to intim­i­date reluc­tant wit­ness­es into coop­er­at­ing in mur­der and oth­er crim­i­nal cas­es are not immune from being sued for their mis­con­duct. The deci­sion in *Singleton v. Cannizzaro*, issued April 21, 2020 by a unan­i­mous three-judge pan­el of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, upheld a fed­er­al dis­trict court’s ruling…