Williams' civil rights division has helped some 300 prisoners from Orleans Parish win sentencing relief. Critics say he's gone too far.
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Dean's former patients still await the bulk of payouts from a class-action settlement reached in late 2022. Medicare liens are proving an obstacle.
Rodney Vicknair's victim claims the police department is liable for hiring the officer and leaving him to molest her as a teen.
Lawmakers moved this year to restrict prosecutors' ability to strike post-conviction plea deals, in what many viewed as an attack on Orleans DA Jason Williams and his civil rights division.
The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended 19th Judicial District Judge Eboni Johnson Rose this week. Newly released records show why.
Louisiana’s Judiciary Commission has recommended that St. John the Baptist Parish Judge Vercell Fiffie serve a six-month unpaid suspension after he repeatedly refused to sign search warrants, slowing down authorities’ ability to investigate child porn, child abuse, domestic violence cases and more.
Dr. Christopher Tape recently changed the cause and manner of Audra Bland's 2003 death from "homicide" to "undetermined."
Notorious nursing home owner Bob Dean pleaded no contest Monday to 15 criminal charges in Tangipahoa Parish, including cruelty to the infirm, but he will not be required to serve time in prison for his decision to send 843 of his patients to an ill-equipped warehouse during Hurricane Ida in 2021.
Former member of Hot Boys supergroup is seeking to revive his rap career, but federal prosecutors want limits on his raps.