New Orleans Police Say Rats Are Eating Drug Evidence
The admission came as the agency pushed for funding. It's a reminder that the cops should spend fewer resources seizing cannabis and more on solving serious crimes.
The admission came as the agency pushed for funding. It's a reminder that the cops should spend fewer resources seizing cannabis and more on solving serious crimes.
A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution.
Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation.
Criminal justice advocates say the evidence doesn't back up Republicans' claims that Louisiana's landmark 2017 reforms are to blame for violent crime.
The verdict vindicates the constitutional rights that Louisiana sheriff's deputies flagrantly violated when they hauled Waylon Bailey off to jail.
In an apparent case of retaliation by humiliation, Jerry Rogers Jr. was arrested for speaking out about a stalled murder investigation.
School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment. A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in.
Johnson is a relative newcomer to Congress who has never even chaired a committee, and he is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activity.
The case is just one example of miscalculations that routinely keep Louisiana prisoners behind bars after they complete their sentences.
A federal judge compared Waylon Bailey’s Facebook jest to "falsely shouting fire in a theatre."
Gov. John Bel Edwards has directed the state to review 56 death-row clemency applications after he made comments opposing capital punishment in April.
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The decision supports the notion that victims are entitled to recourse when the state retaliates against people for their words. But that recourse is still not guaranteed.
Only two clemency applications from death row inmates in Louisiana have been granted in the past 50 years.
Eric Parsa died after police placed him in a "prone position" for over nine minutes. Now, the DOJ says that the officers' actions likely violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana have all seen dramatic improvements in reading scores by investing in "science-based" reading instruction.
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
"There is an obligation both to incarcerated persons and the taxpayers not to keep someone incarcerated for longer than they should be," a Louisiana district attorney said. "Timely release is not only a legal obligation, but arguably of equal importance, a moral obligation."
"The Town has routinely detained, cited, and forced Mr. Brunet to go to trial to vindicate his constitutional rights, taking the extraordinary step of adopting a boldly unconstitutional local Ordinance to silence him," the complaint reads.
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Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
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Social media companies are eager to appease the government by suppressing disfavored speech.
Multiple state agencies told Sheriff Randy ‘Country’ Seal that he had no right to collect taxes from a rancher in his parish. He sued anyway.
Educational freedom is good for everybody but unions, bureaucrats, and the education establishment.
Occupational licensing reform is a popular cause, but barriers remain too high.
Officers attempted to cover up a man’s deadly beating by saying he died in a crash. How many other similar incidents have there been?
Jerry Rogers Jr. complained that police hadn't solved a murder yet—and found himself in a jail cell.
A conservative judge expressed skepticism at the panel's conclusion before issuing a strong rebuke of prosecutorial immunity.
The lawsuit says there have been multiple deaths from neglect and poor suicide prevention policies at the Louisiana prison where Javon Kennerson died.
A judge's blistering dissent is a reminder that this issue does not have to be a partisan one.
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DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can still be held responsible.
Cops in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, were searching for a theft suspect on the property who was not there when they arrested William Walls and caused his death.
Louisiana refused to release Sneed for months, despite a judge ruling several times that the state was breaking the law.
But he still had to drive two hours to do it in a legal state.
It was the city that put the footage in the public record in the first place.
Bobby Sneed's story highlights how far some government agents will go to keep people locked up, flouting the same legal standards they are charged with upholding.
The state "wants to limit how many agencies they have to regulate," says Ursula Newell-Davis.