The case of former Empire star Jussie Smollett case now in hands of former U.S. Attorney Daniel K. Webb. As special prosecutor, Webb will both review the controversial decision to drop charges, as well as whether charges could be re-instituted.
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Judge faults prosecutors for conflicts as she rejects their claim an innocent man was convicted
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A St. Louis judge rejected a motion by the city’s top prosecutor to overturn a murder conviction based on the prosecutors’ conclusion that an innocent man was convicted. The judge’s opinion found several apparent conflicts of interest by the prosecutors’ office; but, the defense noted, said nothing about the facts that the prosecutors’ office said proved the prisoner is innocent.
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DuPage judge facing discipline over claims he lied about gunshots, retaliated over harassment
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DuPage judge faces rare potential discipline over behavior: State contends he lied to police, harassed court staff and retaliated if they complained.
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Mo. Attorney General fights to maintain conviction despite prosecutor’s innocence conclusion
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The Missouri Attorney General’s office this week rebuked arguments from the city of St. Louis Circuit Attorney, defense attorneys and more than 40 prosecutors across the country, contending in a legal brief that a local judge has no right to consider vacating a conviction of a prisoner the prosecutor says is innocent.
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Cook County judge: Chicago police can’t withhold officers’ photos from public
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Chicago police denied a request by Injustice Watch co-founder Rob Warden for photos of nine officers, but routinely makes public photographs of officers in positive situations. On Friday, ruling on Warden’s lawsuit, a Cook County judge rejected the city’s denial.
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How to become a Cook County judge: One key step, woo Dem party
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After a grueling process, and a willingness to commit $40,000 to the Cook County Democratic Party, a series of judicial hopefuls learned Friday if they passed muster. The hopes and dreams of judicial hopefuls often rests on winning the party’s support.
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Attorney General Barr’s comments called “deeply disturbing” by law enforcement officials
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr contended this week that the wave of reform prosecutors are “anti-law enforcement.” Now, a group of law enforcement officials nationwide has struck back.
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Prosecutors nationwide join fray over St. Louis case of potential wrongful conviction
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More than 40 local prosecutors across the country filed a legal brief Thursday supporting the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s effort to overturn the murder conviction of a local man her office has concluded is innocent. Lamar Johnson, the prisoner, was convicted of murder in 1995 and is serving a life sentence.
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Prosecutors acknowledge his innocence, but St. Louis man remains locked in prison
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A St. Louis man imprisoned for a murder that the local prosecutor said he did not commit expressed dismay this week at why he remains behind bars. “I just don’t understand why I can’t go home,” Lamar Johnson said in a telephone interview from the Jefferson City Correctional Center.
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More Facebook fallout: Seven Philly cops retire while investigation continues
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Seven Philadelphia police officers have resigned in recent days, weeks after their posts were included in the Plain View Project database of troubling Facebook posts by police officers. Among those who retired was one supervisor whose posts were highlighted by Injustice Watch.
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St. Louis judge questions authority to overturn conviction of man prosecutors say is innocent
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A Missouri judge on Thursday questioned if she even has the authority under state law to consider the local prosecutor’s motion contending a St. Louis man was wrongly convicted of a 1994 murder based on prosecutorial and police misconduct that they said led the framing of an innocent man.