Category: Criminal Justice
City Council tells criminal court to return more than half-million dollars in bail and conviction fees paid by defendants over last two years
State law dictates that the money be handed over to the city
City Council passes ordinance bringing public defender budget closer to DA’s office
Public defenders call it ‘historic moment for New Orleans,’ but there are questions as to whether the ordinance is binding.
Coalition unveils DA platform aimed at ending mass incarceration in New Orleans
The People’s DA Coalition proposes ending use of the habitual offender statute and prosecuting ‘quality-of-life’ crimes, among other reforms
Proposed law seeks to bring public defender funding closer to DA’s
DA candidate Williams’ sponsored legislation would require that the city gives the defenders 85 percent of what it gives prosecutors
City says federal court doesn’t have authority to order construction of Phase III jail building
Fair Wayne Bryant, man sentenced to life in prison for attempting to steal hedge clippers in 1997, granted new parole hearing
Bryant has had parole denied three times since 2015. His new hearing is scheduled for October 15.
ACLU files public records lawsuit against state DOC for information on emergency prisoner release panel
‘A very unusual set of circumstances’: Arguments heard in Jason Williams tax fraud case
Sheriff Marlin Gusman to regain control of New Orleans jail
The federal ruling comes after a report found progress in meeting the demands of the consent decree.
