Published inIN JUSTICE TODAY‘Like a Bad Dream’: In New Orleans, Witnesses Are Going to Jail Instead of PerpetratorsIn the spring of 1983, Donald Mairena witnessed a shooting at New Orleans’ Latin American Club. He chased after the shooter and later told…May 21, 20186May 21, 20186
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYThe Hidden Police Violence Epidemic Behind a ‘Swatting’ DeathOn December 28, 2017, 28-year-old Andrew Finch of Wichita, Kansas, opened his front door to a horde of shouting police officers. Ten…May 16, 20182May 16, 20182
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYDA’s Loss in Texas Primary Pinned to Prosecutorial Misconduct in Biker Shootout CaseHalf the challengers to Texas’s sitting district attorneys were successful earlier this month in what criminal justice reformers are…Mar 21, 20181Mar 21, 20181
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYLouisiana Denies Parole to Man Behind a Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Life Sentences for ChildrenBy all accounts, 71-year-old Henry Montgomery is not the same man he was when he was 17. In 1963, Montgomery skipped school and encountered…Feb 21, 2018Feb 21, 2018
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYJury For White Man Who Killed Black NFL Player Has One Black PersonThe Louisiana jury that will decide whether a white man shot a black former NFL player in self-defense during a road rage incident has just…Jan 23, 20182Jan 23, 20182
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYNew Ruling May Force Louisiana To Stop Using Poor People To Bankroll Its CourtsA groundbreaking new ruling may force a reckoning over the way the most incarcerated state in the world pays for its criminal justice…Dec 19, 20173Dec 19, 20173
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAY“Progressive DA” Fights to Put Innocent Man Back in PrisonThe evidence connecting Wilbert Jones to the 1974 rape for which he spent 46 years in prison was always weak. He was freed shortly before…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYNew Orleans DA bullies public defenders for doing their jobAn Assistant District Attorney with the Orleans Parish DA is claiming that the Orleans Public Defenders’ office fraudulently obtained…Oct 18, 2017Oct 18, 2017
Published inIN JUSTICE TODAYLouisiana’s death penalty prosecutor takes aim at his legal opponentsThe death penalty is costing the cash-strapped state of Louisiana tens of millions of dollars a year. But there’s one state employee who’s…Sep 12, 2017Sep 12, 2017
