The U.S. Supreme Court mandated this disclosure in multiple cases known as the "Brady progeny". The court said that the divulgence of favorable information is not only MANDATORY, but a CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION as part of a defendant's Due Process right under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In Compliance with Brady & Public Transparency
Partial compliance with Brady & Partial Public Transparency
Partial Public Transparency & Less than adequate compliance
Little if any Public Transparency & Suspected non-compliance with Brady
KNOWN Brady Violations & Need for conviction integrity review
In an effort to explore our state's current policies and procedure surrounding Brady disclosure, we decided to submit Open Records Requests to EVERY District Attorney office in the State of Oklahoma.
"Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly." - William O. Douglas, Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States