Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Oct 29, 2015
Capital punishment is dominating the discussion in the runoff election between James E. Stewart, Sr. and Dhu Thompson to succeed acting Caddo Parish, Louisiana District Attor…
Innocence
,Women
,Jul 31, 2019
Citing trial court interference in her right to present a defense, a federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Texas mother who was sentenced to death on charges that she had murdered her two-year-old daughter. In an unpublished, un…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Nov 17, 2016
The Louisiana Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of Rodricus Crawford (pictured) and ordered that he be given a new trial in a controversial death penalty case that attracted national attention amid evide…
Arbitrariness
,Jul 15, 2015
Citing a backlash from his controversial statements about the death penalty, Dale Cox (pictured), the Interim District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, a…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Apr 18, 2017
Caddo Parish, Louisiana prosecutors formally dropped charges against Rodricus Crawford (pictured) on April 17, exonerating him in a controversial death penalty case that had attracted national attention amid evide…
