Washington (CNN) -- A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled against a former death row inmate who sought damages from the state after prosecutors hid crucial blood tests that would have earlier proven his innocence. The 5-4 decision Tuesday involved John Thompson, who came within weeks of execution and had spent 18 years behind bars before being set free after the new forensic evidence came to light. At issue was whether a district attorney's office should be held liable, under a "failure to train" standard, when one of its prosecutors unconstitutionally withholds exculpatory evidence from a criminal defendant. Then-New Orleans area District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. claimed his office should not be held fully responsible after one of his staff attorneys violated long-standing, accepted procedures on handling evidence in criminal trials.

"To prove deliberate indifference,

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- CNN needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- DA needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- Harry Connick Sr. needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- John Thompson needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- New Orleans needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- Supreme Court needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
- Washington needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.
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John Thompson needed to show that Connick was on notice that, absent additional specified training, it was 'highly predictable' that the prosecutors in his office would be confounded by those gray areas and make incorrect ... decisions as a result," he said.


The next mayor of New York City will be chosen at the polls today and it is Bill de Blasio's race to lose as the Democratic candidate is beating his Republican rival by more than 40 points in the latest polls. Even though experts predict that turnout will not be particularly high, de Blasio's lead is so great that there is little to stop him from becoming Michael Bloomberg's successor. De Blasio got another boost of moral support from his daughter Chiara who surprised him Tuesday morning by flying to New York from her college in California in order to go to the polls with him.

Opponents have been counting down the days until Bloomberg's third term comes to a close, but for many months of the ensuing campaign,

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- Bill de Blasio did not seem like his likely successor.
- California did not seem like his likely successor.
- Chiara did not seem like his likely successor.
- De Blasio did not seem like his likely successor.
- Democratic did not seem like his likely successor.
- Michael Bloomberg did not seem like his likely successor.
- New York did not seem like his likely successor.
- New York City did not seem like his likely successor.
- Republican did not seem like his likely successor.
- de Blasio did not seem like his likely successor.
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De Blasio did not seem like his likely successor.


(CNN) -- Roughly etched onto Brian's arm is a swastika tattoo. Brian's sinister-looking tattoo is etched into his skin The 11-year-old says his 10-year-old friend Temashi spent two days "scratching" the image onto his skin with a match stick. It only hurt a little bit, said Brian, one of thousands of Zimbabwean children who have fled their ravaged homeland for what they hope will be a better life in South Africa. For Brian and his friend, the symbol of the swastika does not represent the horrors of Hitler and the Holocaust. Instead, they say the ominous jagged lines on their arms mean "Germans never surrender."

Their days are spent waiting in line, jostling alongside hundreds of Zimbabwean adults, trying to apply for political asylum at a makeshift center opened by

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- Brian authorities.
- CNN authorities.
- Germans authorities.
- Hitler authorities.
- Holocaust authorities.
- South Africa authorities.
- South African authorities.
- Temashi authorities.
- Zimbabwe authorities.
- Zimbabwean authorities.
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South Africa authorities.