In the last 5 years, Caddo Parish had the highest number of death penalties in the state. However, this was not always the situation. In the eighties, the area accounted for less than 5% of the…
Leading up to the annual Mardi Gras festivities, state troopers had to be called in to make up for the deficit in the number of local police officers. The additional presence of law enforcement…
Tuesday saw the Supreme Court of Louisiana rule on ongoing challenges to the constitutionality of banning the legal ownership of guns for convicted felons. Arguments based on two cases were first…
In 2013, New Orleans recorded less than 160 murders. Mayor Mitch Landrieu followed through on his promise to reduce killings by locking up dangerous gangsters and getting teenage boys involved in…
Louisiana Legislative bodies have been recently blamed for failing to reform the state criminal justice systems.
A closer examination of this systems calls for a much needed reform. Again…