Criminal Justice
August 14, 2008 -
Murder and attempted-murder charges against seven New Orleans police officers-accused of shooting unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina-were tossed out by a judge who concluded that a prosecutor violated grand jury secrecy, the Times-Picayune reports
July 17, 2008 -
Mayor Frank Melton and his two police bodyguards, Michael Recio and Marcus Wright, were indicted last week on three counts each of conspiracy and violating the civil rights of an owner of a private residence and the man who lived in the house. They were indicted yesterday, and all three men pleaded not guilty.
July 14, 2008 -
The death penalty debate continues to heat up in North Carolina.
July 8, 2008 -
Tennessee is seeing a surge in ex-offenders seeking a restoration of their voting rights. Tennessee's WBIR reported this year the state could double the number of felons who may see their voting rights restored.
June 12, 2008 -
By Jordan Flaherty, Guest Contributor
May 28, 2008 -
It's been eight months since over 40,000 demonstrators descended on the small town of Jena, Louisiana to protest
April 11, 2008 -
Last week Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law a measure that renews the state's ban on hog-dog fighting, first passed in 2006.
