Supreme Court: No damages for man wrongly sent to death row, Supreme Court rules - latimes.com:
"A bitterly divided Supreme Court tossed out a jury verdict Tuesday won by a New Orleans man who spent 14 years on Death Row and came within weeks of execution because prosecutors had hidden a blood test and other evidence that would have proven his innocence.
The 5-4 decision delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas shielded the New Orleans District Attorney's office from being held liable for the mistakes of its prosecutors. The evidence of their misconduct did not prove 'deliberate indifference' on the part of then-District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., Thomas said..."
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