The city’s numerous new anti-violence and anti-crime initiatives are driving the spike in cases that involve multiple defendants, the public defenders office says. One recent case had 10 co-defendants.
Orleans Parish Prison plan doesn't include space for mentally ill; sheriff proposing 600-bed expansion.
Sens and Hoffman “engaged in a rigged bidding process in which real bids would be submitted, along with phony bids, to give the appearance of competition.”
Ban on laptops in the courtroom lifted; reporters can sign up for Web access for real-time reporting.
The myriad criminal-justice agencies in New Orleans have benefitted from efforts by a local foundation to increase the efficiency and cooperation of sharing information. But even the federal supporters of the program have raised questions about who's in charge -- and who will have to pay to maintain this new system.
John Sens resigned from his late Friday as a federal grand jury investigates contracting at the jail complex.
Judge says Christopher Sepulvado is entitled to learn more about the state's plan to put him to death with a single drug.
Metro Business Supplies has done $1.7 million in business with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office since Hurricane Katrina. The man who landed the job, Richard Schlaudecker, is married to the daughter of Chief Deputy Gerald Ursin.
Louisiana has found a way around a nationwide shortage of one of the three drugs used to execute inmates.
