Brown Law Blog
Judge Reverses Life Sentence in AA County
Brown Law last week won a high-stakes post-conviction proceeding in Anne Arundel County when a Circuit Court Judge found that prosecutors had withheld critical evidence from the defendant. As a result, our client's life sentence was vacated and a new trial ordered. This marks the sixth time the Firm has ...
Lloyd Hall is Free after 34 years
(Photo by Alan Chin) A Montgomery County Circuit Judge ordered Lloyd Hall to be released from prison on Thursday – immediately – vacating a life-without-parole sentence and ending an injustice that had persisted for 34 years. Hall walked out of the courthouse in a new black suit around 1:15 p.m., ...
This is why we fight.
I get asked the question all the time. Why do you represent criminal defendants? Sometimes I ask myself. But this is why. I have sat in prison visiting booths with inmates serving life sentences whom I believed were innocent. I have stood side by side with guilty defendants who were ...
Adnan Syed Updates
February 18, 2020 The past year was a disappointing stretch for Adnan Syed. The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, reversed the granting of a new trial and reinstated Syed's conviction. Our appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied. But this does not mean we have given ...
When Finality Trumps Common Sense: Brendan Dassey Denied
This week the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the legality of Brendan Dassey’s confession to the 2005 killing of Teresa Halbach, finding that it was voluntary and could be used against him at trial. To many of the millions of people who watched video of the confession in the ...
