Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that she will be holding a gun buyback day next week, on Saturday, Jan. 19th.
Category: Criminal Justice
When Men Murder Women
January 12, 2019The Violence Policy Center recently released a new report on women killed by men. In South America, these killings are known as “femecidios,” or femicides.
Man Shot in Lower 9th Ward
January 11, 2019According to the New Orleans Police Department, an argument led to a shooting in the 6200 block of St. Claude Avenue.
VOTE (Voice of the Experienced) and 2019 Goals for Criminal Justice Reform
January 10, 2019At their first 2019 member meeting, VOTE focused their message on educating membership about the process of creating reform in the criminal justice system.
IPNO Helps Free Man Wrongfully Convicted After 37 Years
January 9, 2019After 37 years in Angola, Eric Prudholm is going home a free man. Prudholm was wrongfully convicted of aggravated rape and robbery.
Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency
January 7, 2019Cyntoia Brown, child sex trafficking victim sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man when she was 16 years old has been granted clemency.
Almost NOT Murder City
January 1, 2019New Orleans ended 2018 with only 145 murders, the lowest in almost half a century.
Major Changes in Criminal Justice Reform – The First Step Act
January 1, 2019Criminal justice reform is of major interest to more than those with families in targeted neighborhoods and those with disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Story of Fox & Rob – A 21-Year Battle Out Of Angola State Prison
January 1, 2019Little did Fox and Rob Richardson know that six months after their marriage, they would spend the next 21 years fighting a 60-year sentence in Angola.
How the Border Wall is Dividing the Country
December 26, 2018Some of the people who organize church “mission” trips to impoverished countries such as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador for the purpose of supplying aid to people who are desperately in need are the same people screaming, “BUILD THAT WALL!”
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