Defense attorney wants Orleans Parish DA to say if it used fake subpoenas in home invasion case
Attorney Craig Mordock says he hopes other lawyers follow suit.
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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
Notices sent to witnesses on North Shore weren’t called subpoenas, but they looked real enough
We reviewed 33 notices sent by prosecutors since 2015. They had the court clerk’s name on them and told people they were “notified … to testify.” DA Warren Montgomery said they were misleading, but he doesn’t believe they were misused. A legal expert called them a sham.
The Lens sues District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro to force him to turn over fake subpoenas
His office has told us it doesn’t know how often they were used, and it’s too hard to look.
Orleans Parish DA sued over refusal to turn over witness subpoenas, real and fake
DA can’t say how often fake subpoenas were used, and it’s too hard to look
In rejecting a public-records request from The Lens, the district attorney's office said it was too burdensome.
Will prosecutors who sent fake subpoenas face any consequences?
The possibilities include disciplinary action, federal charges, and nothing at all.
Remembering Deb Cotton: New Orleans must hold leaders accountable for violence prevention
She died Tuesday. Here's the column she wrote while she was still hospitalized from her injuries in the Mother's Day second-line shooting in 2013.
Woman who got fake subpoena from Orleans DA says she was threatened with jail twice
One of the threats came after her lawyer asked a judge to throw out the notice.
Jefferson Parish prosecutors used fake subpoenas similar to those in New Orleans
Criticism of the Orleans Parish DA’s office grew Thursday after a Lens investigation into the practice.
Rampant use and abuse of ‘solitary confinement’ key to what ails Louisiana prisons
Vera Institute study offers hope for change
