The agreement will place significant curbs on prosecutors’ ability to have witnesses, victims arrested.
Category: Criminal Justice
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A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom
Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people still incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, though the United States Supreme Court ruled split verdicts unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at freedom?
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Class-action settlement mandates time outside of cells, communal meals and recreation for death row prisoners
The suit was filed in 2017 on behalf of death row prisoners, claiming that Angola’s highly restrictive conditions violated their constitutional rights.
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Orleans sheriff’s office criticized for allowing ‘gritty reality series’ to film inside jail
Attorneys who represent detainees in consent decree say they were misled by Gusman’s office
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New Orleans teens in detention center were evacuated to adult prison for Hurricane Ida
Louisiana juvenile advocates question whether youth transfer was legal.
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‘Left in harm’s way’: Civil rights groups criticize government handling of local jails before and after Hurricane Ida
In some parishes with mandatory evacuation orders, sheriffs chose to keep their jails full. Civil rights groups are asking the state to take a more active role in decision-making.
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Friends, family struggle to get in touch with people in jails hit by Hurricane Ida
A number of parish sheriffs in the area chose not to evacuate their jails prior to the storm.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Bail processing in New Orleans back online following daylong interruption
Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell’s Office is responsible for processing bond payments.
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After Ida, New Orleans criminal justice system faces new challenges
Conditions at several jails that did not evacuate prior to the storm still uncertain.
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COVID-19 cases down in state prisons, up in New Orleans jail
Cases at the jail more than doubled since last week, according to Sheriff Gusman.