Attorney Alaina Boothe has been selected as new social justice chair for the NAACP Baton Rouge Branch. She serves as a first felony assistant public defender and the director of students at the Baton Rouge […]
The month of June has been a time of visible pain across the world. From the swelling numbers of coronavirus cases and racial disparity in deaths to the protests against the consistent murders of unarmed […]
The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust […]
The Louisiana Senate passed several bills to improve Louisiana’s criminal justice system, including a bill to make probation less costly for both the state and offenders. Other bills would adjust the juvenile probation procedure and […]
Baton Rouge Police arrested the man accused of fatally stabbing Kinnedy Smith, a 21-year-old Shreveport native over the weekend. According to police, 27-year-old Connor Regan, stabbed Smith to death during a domestic dispute and has been charged […]
The Justice for Fatrell Organization will host a peaceful march through Port Allen tomorrow afternoon, organization leaders said. The march will begin at the West Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse at 3 p.m. and end at […]
More than 50 faith leaders from a wide range of locations and denominations signed on to a letter this week urging Governor John Bel Edwards to immediately release elderly and vulnerable detainees in Department of […]
Louisiana has taken very few steps to reduce the population in corrections facilities as a response to COVID-19 threat in prisons. Chief Justice Johnson issues a guidance to district judges. […]
In 1977, Vonda Lanell Harris was raped and murdered. In a bumbled investigation, Monroe Police pinned the crime on a Wossman High School student who spent 40 years of his life in prison before being […]
On Monday, February 3, 2020, Southern University Law Center professor Angela Allen-Bell will give a presentation entitled “When Law & Injustice Become Bedfellows: Justice Becomes the Business of the People” during SUNO’s Charles Frye Memorial […]
Grassroots activists will gather on Feb. 7 for the Disrupting the Injustice Narrative: The Inaugural Underground Railroad to Justice Summit at Southern University Law Center for a daylong training open to the public. Activists will […]
When the classroom is no longer a safe space for her child, a grieving mother is determined to seek justice for her bullied daughter. Enter hard-charging attorneys Angela Evans and Jenny Ungerman. From the start, the two lawyers face more than an uphill battle. […]
After becoming eligible to register on March 1, local activist Checo Yancy along with others will vote for the first time Monday. On March 1, approximately 40,000 Louisiana citizens on probation and parole regained their […]
“Thanks to Gov. Edwards’ foresight into cybersecurity vulnerabilities, he created the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission to respond quickly and effectively to attacks like these,” Moulton said. […]
For more than three decades, Sadie Roberts-Joseph was an exceptional force of civic and cultural life in Baton Rouge. Often called an activist, matriarch, and a ‘tireless advocate of peace,’ the 75-year-old founder of the city’s […]
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), a member of the Senate health and education committee, announced that his provision providing for the screening of inmates for dyslexia is included in the new version of the First […]
Discovery Communication’s Investigation Discovery is exploring the controversial death of a New Iberia man who police say shot himself while handcuffed in the backseat of a patrol car. The show, “Sugar Town” will investigate the […]
Baton Rouge Police Chief plans to release footage, complete officers’ hearing by Friday Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry announced Tuesday following a 10-month investigation that his office will not pursue criminal charges against the officers […]
We live in an age when increasing numbers of people rely on devices to turn off their lights, make a phone call, or set the morning alarm. This may explain why since its launch in […]
In a historic appointment, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Keva Landrum-Johnson ascends to a higher role in the court. She will serve a two-year tenure as chief judge of criminal court, becoming the first […]
As part of his campaign to educate the public on the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Initiative legislation going into effect on Nov. 1 of this year, Gov. John Bel Edwards has released three videos featuring community […]
angipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards is announcing a change in visitation days for inmates in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail. Effective Saturday August 19, visitation for jail inmates will be Saturdays and Sundays, 9am – 4pm, […]
A major change has gone into effect for bail bonds at the Rapides Parish jail, ordered by criminal judges Tom Yeager and Mary Doggett. The present formula used for setting bonds at the courthouse has […]
BOSSIER CITY–A 17-year-old student athlete at Parkway High School in south Bossier City, is facing child pornography charges after his 16-year-old classmate sent him naked footage of herself. Reportedly, the 16-year-old white, female sent the […]
In March, 10-year-old Justin Simms and six-year-old Jumyrin Smith were discovered dead alongside their mother Monique Smith in New Orleans after a quadruple shooting rocked their Gentilly neighborhood. A third child, 12-year-old daughter A’Miya, was […]
The images on the video seen around the world and additional information detailing Officer Salamoni’s actions are both disturbing and reprehensible. I understand the outrage of the Sterling family and our community. […]
Through its president Michael Victorian, The 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge released the following statement Thursday morning following the U.S. Justice Department decision on the Alton Sterling case on May 3 Baton Rouge (LA) Alton […]
The world is watching. Our hearts are broken, but our resolve is strong. And we will not stop our fight until the status quo is transformed into justice for all. […]
To fulfill her commitment to close the gap between law enforcement and the community, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome has been meeting with law enforcement officials and community leaders over the past several weeks. As […]
When Delzorah Barnett first learned that her son had been shot and was in the hospital clinging to his life, she nearly had a panic attack. When she later learned that he was shot multiple […]
Slidell police officer Christopher Richard has been promoted to administrative corrections peace officer in the Slidell Police Department’s Corrections Division. He is a 10-year veteran and has been a field training officer, training new jailors […]
Louisiana Senators Troy Carter and JP Morrell, along with State Rep. Rodney Lyons, who all represent Jefferson Parish, released this statement on killing of Joe McKnight during a road rage incident earlier thi s week. […]
Campus secure, University expecting large crowd for gameday and high school event The Southern University Police Department and the Baton Rouge Police Department continue to investigate a shooting incident that occurred on the Southern University […]
In Louisiana, nearly 4 in 10 inmates released from prison are back behind bars within three years, and the state is spending more than $700 million annually on this broken system. Organizers of a Criminal […]
The City of Baton Rouge Parish of East Baton will host community conversations to discuss and review police policy on Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 at 6pm in the Raisin Cane’s River Center, Exhibition Hall, […]
“The death of Travis Stevenson was legally justified and no criminal responsibility can be found for the deputies involved as they were legally exercising their rights of self-defense and defense-of-others,” states an official report by the […]
“At every opportunity, you will hear leaders and residents all over saying, ‘We will not destroy or burn down our community!’,” said business man Cleve Dunn Jr. “And we will not. This is ours.” […]
On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama granted commutation of sentences to 42 individuals. Cleon Jermaine Hawkins of Baker, LA, was the only Louisianan commuted this month. His 180 month imprisoment was scheduled to expire […]
The Baton Rouge Police Department is offering an Equalizer Women’s Self-Defense class. The free class will be held at the Baton Rouge Police Department Training Academy, 9000 Airline Hwy, 6 pm – 10pm. The course covers: […]
“We’re not making any accusations, we just want answers,” said Karl Franks, Lamar’s father. “And to get them, the investigated shouldn’t be conducting the investigation. That’s just common sense.” […]
“We can no longer allow the abusive culture that has permeated IPSO to go unchecked,” said Congressman Cedric Richmond. “The accounts of discrimination, abuse, and even deaths occurring as a result of the actions of deputies clearly illustrate a pattern and practice that systematically violates the basic rights of citizens. It is imperative that the Department of Justice step in and correct this conduct before there is any more loss of life.” […]
With school out and summer in, many Louisiana residents may be itching to get out of town for vacation. As consumers search for their perfect getaways, they may come across good-looking vacation rental deals that […]
Report from National Registry of Exonerations Documents More than 100 Exonerations in a Single Year for the First Time The National Registry of Exonerations recorded 125 exonerations of innocent criminal defendants in 2014, the first […]
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