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The state plans to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday when it’s scheduled to put Jessie Hoffman to death.
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A third suspect is in custody following the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson, Baton Rouge police said.
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Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
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For Ford, the declining clearance rate, along with other numbers she has crunched, are indicators that the department’s sex crimes unit remains severely understaffed and underresourced.
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New Orleans police say they're investigating after two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in two separate shootings along a parade route.
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A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized in Austria decades ago.
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A TikTok personality known as Mr. Prada is charged in the bludgeoning death of a Louisiana therapist. Authorities in Baton Rouge said Thursday that 20-year-old Terryon Thomas is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 69-year-old Nicholas Abraham, a therapist in Baton Rouge.
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“Having a felony arrest or conviction on your record is like wearing a heavy yoke around your neck," said Aaron Clark-Rizzio, the legal director for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights.
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Criminal justice reform advocates, public defenders say Act 281 can negatively impact people accused of non-violent crimes.
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The Louisiana Senate advanced two bills Monday to crack down on carjackings and thefts of auto emissions systems.