Judge Jacqueline Maloney of the 24th Judicial District Court handed down the sentence exactly six years after Barrette’s arrest.

Irielle Love was sentenced to life plus 40 years for the murder of 84-year-old Dory Sierra in Jefferson Parish.

A Jefferson Parish judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison on Wednesday, June 25 for killing a man by wrapping his face and torso with duct tape, leaving him unable to breathe or free himself.

Judge Lee Faulkner of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Omar to the maximum punishment for manslaughter. He noted Omar’s use of duct tape was “particularly heinous.” He said he felt ...

Two Louisiana Fifth Circuit Judges have been reimbursed $48 thousand for travel since July 2021.

Baton Rouge judge Eboni Johnson Rose returned to the bench this week after a nearly yearlong hiatus imposed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. On Thursday, her colleagues at the 19th Judicial ...

Louisiana has been repeatedly accused of holding inmates past their release date. State officials say the problem has been ...

A woman convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of an 84-year-old Metairie woman was sentenced to life plus ...

The parish watchdog released a 46-page report Wednesday detailing her concerns with the project, including an unfair ...

Federal appeals court rules Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments display in public schools unconstitutional, affirming lower court's decision that it violates First Amendment rights.