Former DA Harry Connick said there’s a big difference between the notices his prosecutors used and the ones sent under the current DA.
Posted inCriminal Justice
District attorney plans to appeal ruling requiring him to turn over fake subpoenas to The Lens
But Cannizzaro’s office will continue to search case files for the documents, a spokesman said.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
Lawyers say shooting victim was coerced with a fake subpoena into talking to police
They contend the defendant should get a new trial because the DA didn’t disclose two fake subpoenas and other evidence.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Plan for blighted Claiborne Avenue: ill-conceived, exclusionary, lacks due diligence
An open letter to Mayor Landrieu
Posted inSchools
ReNEW votes to close McDonogh City Park Academy next spring
All of ReNEW’s schools received D’s and F’s from the state this year.
Posted inSchools
Morris Jeff student robotics project takes inspiration from summer floods
Their school, Morris Jeff, was in the middle of the Aug. 5 flood that paralyzed the city and seeped into homes. So when they learned that the subject of a LEGO robot competition was water, they didn’t have to think hard to come up with a problem. Since then, they’ve been working on a solution.
Posted inEnvironment
State pulls back on coastal restoration projects due to shortfall in oil and gas royalties
State officials and U.S Rep. Garret Graves want to know why the projections are half of what they expected.
Posted inOpinion
Mind your own business, brother: As predators fall, women find strength in sisterhood
A rebuttal to C.W. Cannon’s recent column on sexual predation
Posted inSchools
Orleans Parish School Board to study long bus rides, early pickups
Transportation has been a constant concern for parents who send their kids to charter schools across town.
Posted inSchools
State recommends closure of three charter schools in New Orleans
And the local superintendent of schools wants to convert two of his direct-run schools to charters.