Alabama Chief Justice: Federal Courts Don't Hold Sway On Marriage
Days after a federal judge in Alabama ruled in favor of a same-sex couple who want their marriage recognized, the chief justice of the state's Supreme Court has sent a letter telling the governor that...
View ArticleFBI Director Faces 'Hard Truths' Of Policing Minority Communities
There's a reason why new agents are required to visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial during their training, says FBI Director James Comey.
View ArticleAs Rules Get Sorted Out, Drones May Transform Agriculture Industry
On a breezy morning next to a cornfield in rural Weld County, Colo., Jimmy Underhill quickly assembles a black and orange drone with four spinning rotors."This one just flies itself," he says. "It's...
View ArticleStudy Shows Increasing Incarceration Has Diminishing Returns
Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world.The Brennan Center for Justice recently put out a report on the effect of imprisonment on crime. Lauren-Brooke Eisen, one of the authors of the...
View ArticleLittle-Known Laws Help Sex Trafficking Victims Clear Criminal Records
Advocates for women arrested on prostitution charges want the justice system to adopt a different approach. They say instead of being locked up, many prostitutes should actually be considered victims...
View ArticleSocial Influence as Crime Stopper
A couple of years ago, law enforcement in Baton Rouge decided to try a different approach to tackling violent crime.The Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Project — or BRAVE — is premised by the...
View ArticleA Sheriff And A Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma
The University of Florida's Dr. Nancy Hardt has an unusual double specialty: She's both a pathologist and an OB-GYN. For the first half of her career, she brought babies into the world. Then she...
View ArticleRobert Durst, Subject Of HBO's 'The Jinx,' Arrested In New Orleans
Updated at 8:00 p.m. ETAt the conclusion of the HBO documentary The Jinx, the filmmakers presented audio of Robert Durst whispering to himself, "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course"— an...
View ArticleRobert Durst Charged With Murder, May Face Death Penalty
Updated at 8:11 p.m. ETThe Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has charged Robert Durst with one count of first-degree murder in the 2000 death of Susan Berman. A statement announcing the...
View ArticleDistrict Attorney: First Treat the Mental Illness
Hillar Moore, was an investigator in the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office for 11 years, and a criminal defense attorney for 16 years, before he was elected DA himself.With his long career in...
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