Mastodawn

🥑 Yours Truly! Unruly 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻3h ago

This Louisiana prosecutor...
• Was forced to resign from the DA’s office for submitting false paperwork
• Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases
• Compared a Black teen to a dog and told the jury to “get rid of it”

Now he’s running for judge.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hugo-holland-louisiana-judge-race-controversies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge.

Holland, who once compared a Black child to a dog, has had a career mired in controversy. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming the de facto frontrunner of his judicial race.

ProPublica

Raw Cast Labs 9h ago

@ProPublica some people act worse then dogs. And some people act in a way that is lower then animals. Would need more details other then the baiting color angle.

@ProPublica prosecutorial misconduct in capital cases should involve mandatory prosecution for conspiracy to commit murder.

LukefromDC 3h ago

@fencepost @ProPublica And such prosecutors should themselves be executed if they got anyone executed OR if their misconduct got someone jailed who then died in custody for any reason.

CrazyDogLadySezPEACE 8h ago

@ProPublica
“In at least two death penalty cases, Louisiana judges found that Holland withheld evidence. In a third, he secured the conviction of a Black 16-year-old… prosecutors later admitted that Holland and his team had failed to turn over evidence.”

Three cases of withholding evidence. Where was the accountability from Louisiana’s courts and state Bar association?

Conny Nasch 8h ago

@ProPublica 🤢 UUUUHRG!

@ProPublica
> Witheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases

Every such case is made to prevent the prosecution of a wealthy white perpetrator.

@ProPublica
It seems like the south is just an absolute racist sewer. This is why the death penalty is bad. We simply can't trust the justice system in this country not to falsify evidence and rule based on bias and prejudice.

Passwordsarehard4 7h ago

@ProPublica this is how racism gets institutionalized

stony kark 7h ago

@ProPublica @blogdiva electing judges is like kissing your sister

SicSemperTyrannis 7h ago

@ProPublica. J.C.

@ProPublica god. This reminds me of “mistakes were made (but not by me)”. I do think this asshole knows what he is doing. People in law enforcement generally tho. It’s a serious problem how confident an individual can become once they have a hunch about something. Just dig in and forge ahead down a path that’s obviously wrong

Hot Dog Water 6h ago

A racist Loozyanna cracker fails upwards. Story at 11.

Kid Mania 5h ago

@ProPublica
☠️ 🇺🇸 ☠️
#doomed

Barbara Monaco 5h ago

@ProPublica All elections matter, at every level.

Felis_Catus_Domesticus 5h ago

PerryM ✅3h ago

@ProPublica Well, he'll fit right in!

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺1h ago

If this accusation was enough to get him fired and withholding evidence is a crime, why was he not prosecuted, or at least disbarred?

"Freedom at a Cost: The Devastating Case of Corey Williams"

By Innocence Staff
06 June 2018

"...
Hugo Holland, a Caddo Parish assistant district attorney, was responsible for Williams’ conviction. Before Williams, Holland had tried dozens of death-penalty cases and put at least 10 people, most of whom were men of color, on death row. Years later, half of Holland’s death-penalty convictions were overturned, and two are awaiting appeals. In three of those cases, including Williams’, Holland was accused of withholding evidence.

Holland was fired as a Caddo Parish assistant district attorney in 2012, but he quickly found a well-paying job as a prosecutor-for-hire and as a lobbyist for Caddo Parish.
..."

https://innocenceproject.org/news/freedom-at-a-cost-the-case-of-corey-williams/

Freedom at a Cost: The Devastating Case of Corey Williams - Innocence Project

Innocence Project

@ProPublica @LibraryJRP
Disgusting! He should be barred from holding any public office... but 'Murica🙄

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