501 ABA Journal Louisiana articles.
Displaying a hangman’s noose has become an increasingly common practice throughout the country since a civil rights march in Jena, La., last month over a racially charged schoolyard attack that…
Oct 30, 2007 7:10 PM CDT
At a Congressional hearing today, U.S. Department of Justice officials said they are considering a prosecution over the handling of the case of the so-called Jena Six—black youths who apparently…
Oct 17, 2007 12:13 AM CDT
A longtime administrator has been charged with allegedly embezzling more than $200,000 from a New Orleans law firm through a fraudulent bank deposit scheme.
Lisa Mayerhafer, 41, who had worked…
Oct 16, 2007 12:29 AM CDT
Two Louisiana judges have been indicted for allegedly taking bribes to help get defendants out of jail by reducing bond, among other mechanisms.
Both State District Judge Michael Walker, 57,…
Oct 12, 2007 9:51 PM CDT
Mychal Bell, one of the six teens at the center of the Jena Six civil rights controversy, is back in jail.
Yesterday Judge J.P. Mauffrey Jr. ordered Bell to serve…
Oct 12, 2007 10:44 AM CDT
A retired municipal worker who shot five people in an Alexandria, La., law office yesterday may have been motivated by a divorce settlement dispute, authorities say.
However, an investigation is…
Oct 5, 2007 11:47 PM CDT
Updated: Five people were shot Thursday at a law firm in downtown Alexandria, La., by a retired city employee who was reportedly killed by police shortly after midnight Friday.
One…
Oct 5, 2007 4:39 AM CDT
Although he had never met Mychal Bell, a doctor living elsewhere in the state posted the bond the 17-year-old needed to get out of jail and return home to the…
Sep 28, 2007 11:17 PM CDT
The prosecution in a controversial case against one of the so-called Jena Six defendants has accepted a Louisiana appellate court ruling that he should be tried as a juvenile.
Mychal…
Sep 27, 2007 12:50 AM CDT
A white backlash reportedly is under way against six African-American high school students in Jena, La., who are being prosecuted in what many perceive as a racially discriminatory manner.
The…
Sep 25, 2007 4:04 PM CDT
Nationwide statistics show that African-American students are disciplined far more than they should be, based on their percentage in the overall public school population. Yet the federal office charged with…
Sep 25, 2007 3:27 PM CDT
In a protest largely launched by bloggers that some are calling the dawn of a new 21st century civil rights movement, more than 15,000 people from around the country reportedly…
Sep 21, 2007 3:58 AM CDT
A civil rights march tomorrow expected to draw tens of thousands to a tiny central Louisiana town isn’t just about perceived injustice concerning six black high school students.
It’s about…
Sep 19, 2007 4:20 PM CDT
In a case that has focused criticism on the prosecution, two 60-something owners of St. Rita’s nursing home in Louisiana have been acquitted of 35 charges of negligent homicide. Their…
Sep 10, 2007 3:21 PM CDT
Updated: Per capita, New Orleans has by far the most murders of any city in the country. And that’s not likely to change until authorities get a grip on the…
Aug 29, 2007 3:28 PM CDT
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