The NRA swaps guns for a sledgehammer and swings it at America
With both Trump and the NRA in his pocket, Putin must be laughing up his sleeve
Category: Criminal Justice
Deal ends scrutiny of fake subpoenas in attempted murder case
The victim in the case got a fake subpoena before he met with police and identified the shooter. The defense didn’t know that.
Henry Montgomery case raises a question: Are parole boards following Supreme Court guidelines?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled two years ago that Henry Montgomery, serving a life sentence for killing a sheriff's deputy, should get a parole hearing. Monday, a board denied his release. Advocates for juvenile convicts say parole boards around the country aren't giving enough weight to the Supreme Court's directive that children who commit heinous crimes are capable of change.
Fewer kids are being jailed — but the need for post-release programming is only more urgent
FFLIC fights for youth and communities ravaged by recidivism
Calcasieu Parish DA shares revenue from diverted traffic tickets with public defender
Public defenders complained that they couldn’t pay the bills because DAs were offering drivers a deal: Write us a check and we’ll drop the charge.
New Orleans’ new camera monitoring center will soon be staffed 24/7
Right now, it’s staffed just 12 hours a day. For the first month, it was closed on the weekends.
Top employee in Orleans Parish DA’s office ordered staff to use fake subpoenas
Staffers were told to use a notice that looked like a real court document, with “SUBPOENA” printed at the top.
‘Black and Blue’ upends policing stereotypes — as did the remarkable Yvonne Bechet
Who says cops have to be hostile to communities they police?
Judge can’t remember whether he used fake subpoenas while working as prosecutor
Defense attorneys are seeking a new trial because their client was convicted after the victim received a fake subpoena.
Lawyers ask judge to disclose whether he used fake subpoenas when he was a prosecutor
Judge Byron Williams was a prosecutor when the DA’s office used an earlier version of its fake subpoenas.
