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The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been running a program since October 2009 that allows individuals convicted of non-violent crimes to avoid incarceration. The New Orleans Day Reporting Center involves 2 levels of

The Orleans Parish Criminal District Court has released numbers from a Metropolitan Crime Commission analysis of 2009 showing that judges have reduced the buildup of old cases on their dockets. Following Hurricane Katrina,...

A recent ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a 30-year sentence for a Breaux Bridge woman who plead guilty to vehicular homicide after killing 2 people in a car accident while on a cocaine binge. Her lawyers had

In the wake of U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s decision to lift the ban on offshore drilling established by President Obama, supporters of the moratorium have raised concern about whether the judge should have recused

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman stated that there should be an injunction on the federal moratorium for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico during the next six months.  Instead of allowing the executive...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday May 17, 2010 that juveniles could no longer be handed down life sentences for crimes other than murders. In a 5-4 decision, the court decided that there must be “a meaningful opportunity to...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it is unconstitutional for a court to sentence a minor to life imprisonment without parole unless he or she commits murder. The Supreme Court ruled that such sentences are...

On August 6, 2009, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. proposed to the New Orleans City Council to pass an ordinance that would allow for simple possession of marijuana cases to be tried in municipal court...

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune February 03, 2010, 11:53AM clifford-pierce.jpgOrleans Criminal Sheriff’s DepartmentClifford G. PierceAn Orleans Parish judge has sentenced Clifford Pierce, 35, to life in prison...

By Bob Ross, The Times-Picayune January 30, 2010, 2:00AM An Orleans Parish grand jury on Friday indicted three people in connection with four homicides, all of which happened in recent months, authorities said. Bryan Hill,...

By Drew Broach, The Times-Picayune January 29, 2010, 11:45PM A Metairie man who supplied the heroin that killed his restaurant co-worker during Carnival 2008 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and...

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune January 28, 2010, 5:22PM A Metairie man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday in federal court to dealing Ecstasy. Lance Gassen, 24, of 2720 Independence St.,...

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune January 27, 2010, 5:47PM saints-fans-midfield.JPGBrett Duke / The Times-Picayune’The court takes judicial notice that Saintsmania permeates the city of New Orleans,’ Judge...

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 22, 2010, 7:13PM sportsmans_corner.JPGMichael DeMocker/The Times-Picayune archiveThe Sportsman’s Corner bar was photographed in June 2007. Attorneys for the city of New...

By Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune January 22, 2010, 11:05PM leon_cannizzaro_gallier_hall.JPGTed Jackson, The Times-Picayune archiveDistrict Attorney Leon Cannizzaro was photographed on the night of his State of the Criminal

By Donald Melanson posted Jan 20th 2010 2:16PM TruTouch Technologies has been working on various non-invasive means to detect intoxication for quite a while now (like the rather elaborate TruTouch Guardian pictured at right),

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune January 19, 2010, 8:49PM leon-cannizzaro-speech.JPGTed Jackson / The Times-Picayune’We must be willing to think differently today, to work together to build a more modern...

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune January 09, 2010, 1:04PM Prosecutors have dropped a criminal case against an investigator for the Orleans Parish Public Defenders Office, months after a dramatic court hearing in which she...