PODCAST: “Where did all my people go?” (Audio)
Black defendants face major barriers to securing representative juries, while a Lower Ninth Ward family farm wins a settlement after its property was mistakenly treated with pesticides.
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PODCAST: Governor’s veto and student’s arrest put government power under scrutiny (Audio)
Questions about how power Is exercised in Louisiana, as the governor vetoes more money for wrongfully convicted exonerees and a 14-year-old student is handcuffed and barred from her middle-school graduation.
Consolidation or retaliation? Republican lawmakers move to eliminate the job Calvin Duncan won in a landslide election
Criminal justice reporter Bernard Smith and editor Katy Reckdahl examine Senate Bill 256 and the effort to eliminate the position won by Calvin Duncan, raising questions about consolidation, political power, and the will of voters.
