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NEWS
Christopher Murell and David Utter recently authored an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The brief argue that the Court should hear the case and overturn David Brown's death sentence due to Louisiana prosecutors persistenly hiding favorable evidence to defendants and the Louisiana Supreme Court failing to act.
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The Fair Fight Initiative offers to provide free, pro bono representation to anyone charged with any crime under Louisiana's oppressive, draconian abortion restrictions post-Dobbs. Experienced criminal defense attorneys Christopher Murell, Ronald Haley, and David Utter will provide this representation.
Click here to learn more about the Fair Fight Initiative and support its work.
The Murell Law Firm files a Motion for New Trial due to District Attorney Jason Williams and the New Orleans Police suppressing clear evidence of innocence at trial.
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Partnering with other civil rights attorneys and organizations, Christopher Murell sues the Governor and the Office of Justice Justice to stop their transfer of juveniles to infamous former-slave plantation, now prison, Angola. These children are to be house in the former death row.
You can support this fight, as well as the treatment of juveniles across the State, by giving to the Fair Fight Initiative.
In May 2022, Christopher Murell wrote a friend-of-the-court brief for Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to the U.S. Supreme Court urging their review of an unconstitutional capital conviction and sentence.
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Christopher Murell, the Fair Fight Initiative, and the National Police Accountability Project file suit against notorious private prison company for the horrific, unnecessary, and tragic death of Javon Kennerson.
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