Politically incorrect? You bet! But let’s not mince words about terrorism’s U.S. kin
On closer inspection, radical Islam has more than a little in common with our homegrown brand of right-wing fundamentalism.
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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
Mayor pledges $7 million to expand city’s juvenile-detention center by 2018
Effort is aimed at getting those younger than 18 out of the Orleans Parish Prison.
Orleans sheriff continues questionable supplemental pay for some employees
The $6,000 annual bump is supposed to go for employees working in law-enforcement jobs.
With youths still in danger in OPP, group pushes again for separate facility
Despite a sweeping federal consent decree for Orleans Parish Prison, youth advocates say the facility remains unsafe for inmates 17 and younger. The City Council has declared that the juvenile detention center is the best place for all those 17 and under, but that facility doesn't have enough room.
Louisiana man, imprisoned for 50 years for killing a deputy, is at center of Supreme Court hearing on youth sentencing
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that youth can’t be sentenced automatically to life in prison. But what should happen to the couple thousand inmates already serving such sentences? Tuesday, lawyers for Henry Montgomery argue that they should get parole hearings. An in-depth look at the crime and the man at the center of the case.
Public Defender Derwyn Bunton will appear at October’s Newsmakers event (video)
We'll talk about the harsh realities of publicly appointed defense attorneys at our October Newsmaker.
Something new on the menu — but it’s stomach-turning
The spate of bistro robberies sheds light on our vulnerability—and on our priorities.
Plan designed to improve response time for 911 line runs up against Civil Service
Dispatchers now working for police, fire and EMS would leave those agencies.
City runs ad seeking health care for inmates even though Sheriff has deal
Though ad ran in a newspaper today, the city pulled solicitation from its website after this morning.
Debtors’ prisons may be illegal, but they’re alive and well in Louisiana
Effectively, the system jails people because they are poor, which is neither legal nor just.
