Council President Helena Moreno to introduce amendment to fund homicide unit for DAs office while maintaining parity for defenders.
Category: Criminal Justice
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Louisiana’s state-run juvenile detention facilities no longer accepting kids, citing lack of bed space
The Office of Juvenile Justice will ask judges to release kids who can be “safely reintegrated back into the community.”
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Months after New Orleans jail detainees injured in DOC shakedown, civil rights lawyers ask federal judge to force sheriff to turn over records
The request comes amid an ongoing dispute over transparency at the jail.
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Sheriff Hutson says raises coming for deputies as council questions ‘frivolous’ spending at budget hearing
Hutson is asking for $13 million more than what Mayor Cantrell proposed for her office.
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After an autistic teen’s in-custody death, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office used criminal search warrants to dig into his past
Lawyers for the boy’s parents say the warrants were unconstitutional and violated state law.
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Mental health care at David Wade Correctional Center ruled unconstitutional
Judge Elizabeth Foote called the conditions at David Wade “inhumane.”
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Report: State has saved $150 million from 2017 criminal justice reform legislation package
Over 10,000 fewer people were in prison for nonviolent crimes in 2021 than in 2016.
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Louisiana Supreme Court declines to grant new trials for people still in prison on non-unanimous jury convictions
The decision will impact around 1,500 cases.
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Marijuana pardons passed last year should soon be reflected on criminal records, officials say
The pardons could affect roughly 10,000 cases in New Orleans.
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Marijuana possession enforcement has ‘virtually vanished’ in New Orleans this year following council ordinance, NOPD policy change
Analysis shows there have been seven summonses issued in New Orleans in 2022, down from hundreds or thousands in previous years.