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Louisiana taking steps to keep families connected

December 12, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Families eating, playing games, and enjoying GOTB 2019

A new program is helping Louisiana girls keep in touch with their incarcerated fathers. “Not being able to see my father has been traumatizing,” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: families connected, Louisiana, Prison Stories

Louisiana prisoner denied life saving medical treatment

May 1, 2019 by lloyd payne

Three Louisiana prisoners are suing the state, claiming inmates have been denied life-saving drugs be- cause of cost, The Advocate reports. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: hepatitis c, Human Interest, Louisiana, medical treatment

Accidental overdoses prosecuted as felony-murder under new laws

December 29, 2018 by lloyd payne

Two months after her fiancé’s funeral, Kimberly Elkins pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Elkins, now 49, used fentanyl to deal with chronic pain. One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alabama, Colorado, drug-overdose deaths, felony-murder rule, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania

Supreme Court grants new trial based attorney’s assertion of client’s guilt

August 8, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial, despite evidence of the man’s guilt, in a case where the defendant testified he is innocent while his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 200 L.Ed. 2d 821, Justice Alito, Lewinston police, Louisiana, McCoy v. Louisiana, Robert McCoy, Sixth Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court

Louisiana prison reforms release 1,400 inmates

January 18, 2018 by David Taylor

Louisiana has launched major prison reforms with the release about 1,400 inmates who were serving time for non-violent and non-sex offenses, reported … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Louisiana

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