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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Wrongful conviction

NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge denied the New Orleans District Attorney’s motion to dismiss a wrongful conviction claim by a man who spent 26 years in prison for murder based on the acknowledged unconstitutional suppression of favorable evidence by prosecutors under a former D.A.

Read the ruling [here](https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2023-22-9--04-37-56-wrongful conviction.pdf) .

Categories / Civil Rights, Criminal

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