Supreme Court Rules Against Exonerated Inmate Awarded $14M In Damages
In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court has overturned a $14M verdict in favor of John Thompson, obtained after the New Orleans District Attorney's Office withheld exculpatory blood evidence. The Supreme Court held that a District Attorney may not be held liable for a civil rights violation for failure to train prosecutors based on just one failure to disclose. The case is captioned Connick v. Thompson (09-571).
