The Law Offices of Sonia Pérez Chaisson

Prosecutors holding back evidence absolutely violates the constitution

Karen Read's defense alleges 'significant relationships' at hearing Defense attorney Alan Jackson ticked off several examples of what he described as knowing 'distortions' of evidence.

Another Saturday working on our craft

https://youtu.be/kpYYdCzTpps

Wrongful Convictions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) John Oliver explains why it’s so difficult to be exonerated for a wrongful conviction, even when there’s compelling evidence to prove your innocence, and how...

Qualified immunity has encouraged this type of behavior by too many prosecutors! https://bit.ly/3pG7oUS?fbclid=IwAR0sKQjesRtA0OrR7MFoVgqtqqHlsmt0mhinY4-BS64wYTRbtQhH_thdi5k

Retired Harford State’s Attorney Cassilly disbarred over handling of ‘Memorial Day Murders.’ His reaction: ‘Oh, whatever’ Maryland’s highest court has disbarred retired Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph Cassilly for withholding exculpatory evidence that surfaced in a 1981 double-murder case and lying about it over the years.

Judges need to really grasp this when assessing credibility and police officers when gathering facts

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/texas-court-tosses-inmates-death-sentence-and-double-murder-conviction-because-prosecutor-worked-for-trial-judge/

Texas Court Tosses Inmate's Death Sentence and Double Murder Conviction Because Prosecutor Worked for Trial Judge A Texas appeals court tossed the death sentence and conviction of Clinton Lee Young after it was revealed that the judge who presided over his trial simultaneously employed one of the prosecutors in the case as his judicial clerk.

https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/07/05/it-was-him-or-me-witnesses-recall-prosecutors-threatening-them-and-their-family-to-get-wrongful-conviction-of-philadelphia-black-man-whos-now-free-after-34-years/

'It Was Him Or Me': Witnesses Recall Prosecutors Threatening Them and Their Family to Get Wrongful Conviction of Philadelphia Black Man Who's Now Free After 34 Years A Black man was released from a correctional facility in Pennsylvania on June 24 after spending 34 years behind bars after authorities found that