A man and two women from Shreveport have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy which resulted ...

A Baton Rouge man was sentenced to 80 years in prison for sexual battery of a child and other charges related to pornography ...

Among his first actions in office, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime.

A Black man died after a beating by the police in 2019. The assault “demonstrated serious failures,” the Justice Department ...

A Baton Rouge man convicted of sexual battery and child porn was sentenced to 80 years in state prison. Jeremiah Jamal Crosby ...

ANSWER: Louisiana Civil Code article 94 explains absolutely null marriage as a marriage contracted without a marriage ...

A new Louisiana law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote went into effect Jan. 1, but so far there’s no ...

p><p>Police concluded the Sherrys were killed because Nix, who ran a scam from his jail cell at Louisiana State Prison at Angola, believed Vincent Sherry stole money from him.</p><p>Nix was serving ...

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits, a statewide pattern of misconduct that places the public at “serious risk of harm,” according to a ...

Federal authorities released the findings of an investigation Thursday that revealed a pattern of unlawful conduct within the Louisiana State Police, including troopers’ use of excessive force, lack ...

At least 20 states and Washington, D.C., now have independent prison oversight bodies, according to Deitch. Elsewhere, state prisons rely on other forms of accountability. Legislators have become much ...