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A bungled crime led to the court decision that produced the Brady rule
This book was finalist for the 2024 Colorado Book Award for General Nonfiction. Author’s note: The legal concept of the “Brady rule,” named after a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision, requires that prosecutors divulge all evidence favorable to the defendant — though the rule has often been ignored, making such violations the single leading cause of wrongful convictions. This excerpt recounts the bungled crime that led to the case behind the eventual ruling. Love, death, and the birth of the Brady rule John Leo Brady was in love. In early June 1958, he was also in some trouble. His sweetheart, Nancy Boblit McGowan, had just told him she was pregnant with his baby. Nancy was only 19 an

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