Keith Ezidore, a 73-year-old man from St. James Parish, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1993, after he was ...

A Nightly News series on criminal justice reform that highlights the stories of the wrongfully accused and the new ways of seeking justice.

The money for the immigration facility comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, not state dollars. But it is ...

Angolan authorities should carry out an independent and credible investigation into the Cavaco River dike collapse and ensure ...

Rwandan authorities should conduct an effective, independent, and transparent investigation into the death in custody of ...

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the ...

Calvin Duncan had been exonerated and elected as criminal court clerk in New Orleans. Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated the role as part of an effort to reshape the city’s judicial system.

A woman involved in the cross-state abduction of two young sisters, which left one dead in Mississippi, was sentenced to 60 ...

Renowned Puerto Rican urban music artist and now preacher Raymond Ayala, known globally as Daddy Yankee, recently visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary ...

NEW ORLEANS — Outside, along Claiborne Avenue in the Algiers section of New Orleans, Sunday looked familiar. Black children slurped snowballs in the street, adults danced around them, and Black riders ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Another inmate has died at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office (WFPSO) confirmed it is investigating the “unexpected death ...