Supreme Court will review $14 million judgment for exonerated inmate vs. New Orleans DA
By APMonday, March 22, 2010
Justices to rule on $14M judgment vs. DA’s office
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will consider New Orleans prosecutors’ appeal of a $14 million judgment to a former death row inmate who accused them of withholding evidence to help convict him of murder.
The court said Monday it will get involved in a case that divided the federal appeals court in New Orleans 8 to 8.
At issue is whether the New Orleans district attorney’s office can be held liable for the actions of prosecutors in the case of John Thompson. He spent 18 years in prions and once came within weeks of being executed before he was acquitted in a 2003 retrial in the killing of a hotel executive.
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