No more brushing incidents aside as merely personal.
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Time to toss non-unanimous jury verdicts, a vestige of Jim Crow
Louisiana is one of two states that tolerate this unjust legal shortcut.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Immigrant rights group says Orleans sheriff has pledged not to jail people accused of violating immigration law
Since 2013, Sheriff Marlin Gusman has refused to honor most requests by federal agents to detain illegal immigrants.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
The state has reinstated monthly bonuses to some of Gusman’s deputies, but questions remain
The state says everything is fine, but we found potential problems with 27 deputies.
Posted inCriminal Justice
New Orleans City Council eliminates bail requirements for most petty crimes
People accused of minor crimes in Municipal Court will be released automatically if they promise to appear in court.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
McKnight killing shows how Louisiana’s ‘stand your ground’ law codifies bigotry
What passes for justice in a state where the NRA writes gun laws.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Orleans sheriff plans new facility for inmates who need mental-health and medical care
Sheriff Marlin Gusman has wanted to build such a facility, but the proposal is smaller than what he has envisioned.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Behind the crackle of guns in a violent city: a search for peace, a brush with death
“I woke up in a jumble of tubes and stapled flesh.”
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
Around the country, bail bondsmen’s political muscle works overtime against reform efforts
Across the country, efforts to reform bail have run headlong into opposition from the bail bond industry. The bondsmen, it turns out, have considerable political muscle. Injustice Watch reports from New Orleans, Maryland and New Mexico.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
The top pick for a post at the 911 center is a cop who was suspended for getting medical treatment on the clock
The board overseeing the center could vote to hire Sgt. Willie Davis at its meeting Friday.