In June of last year, assistant district attorney Bidish Sarma sat before a pile of paperwork, more than 1,500 disorganized pages tall, rummaging for answers.
It was a second-degree murder case file dating back to 1993, which had been in the possession of the New Orleans district attorney’s office for almost three decades. Its secrets had gone untold until now.
As he parsed the pages – old trial transcripts, police reports, witness interviews – he came across a series of handwritten notes that sent a wave of energy through his body and pushed his pulse rate skywards.
