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Criminal Justice

Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.

Prison expansion on hold until advisory group speaks out

by Karen Gadbois July 1, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Serpas says daughter's beau won't get special treatement

by Ariella Cohen May 18, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Activists plan Thursday protest against NOPD chief Serpas

by Ariella Cohen May 10, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Ronal Serpas is Landrieu’s choice; big changes are coming to the NOPD

by The Editors May 6, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Serpas' daughter is connected to suspended NOPD officer

The adult daughter of a finalist for New Orleans police chief shares a house with one of the NOPD officers who was present at a Mid-City bar when off-duty colleagues allegedly beat a group of city transit workers, an event that is the subject of a FBI civil rights investigation.
by Ariella Cohen May 5, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

With Landrieu's invitation, federal intervention in NOPD is now a certainty

by The Editors May 5, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Coalition wants intervention from feds in NOPD; Landrieu position is still unclear

by The Editors May 4, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Ronald Davis or Ronal Serpas

by The Editors April 30, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Finally cooking with gas: NOPD Superintendent candidates and an emerging fiscal crisis

by The Editors April 27, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

LaBruzzo’s war on welfare continues with drug test

by The Editors April 22, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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