Brandon Jackson was convicted of armed robbery by a 10-2 jury in 1997. Split verdicts are no longer legal. But his conviction, and those for hundreds more, is still considered valid.
Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.
New Orleans has spent millions to expand its police surveillance powers. But without formal oversight or regulation, citizens have largely been left in the dark about what tools and techniques the city is using to spy on them.
A Tuesday commission vote on the proposal came out 4 to 4.
Sneed was stripped of his parole prior to release despite the prison disciplinary board clearing him of a contraband charge.
The commission will vote on the zoning change next week, which will ultimately need to be approved by the City Council.
After agreeing to allow the production crew into the jail, Sheriff’s Office officials became concerned about how it would be portrayed.
The agreement will place significant curbs on prosecutors’ ability to have witnesses, victims arrested.
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?
The suit was filed in 2017 on behalf of death row prisoners, claiming that Angola’s highly restrictive conditions violated their constitutional rights.
