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BATON ROUGE, La. — On October 27, 2016, the ACLU of Louisiana will present a critical panel discussion on the impact of non-unanimous jury verdicts in Louisiana. Louisiana is only one of two states that allow felony convictions by a less-than-unanimous jury vote.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday evening against the Orleans Parish public defenders’ office and the Louisiana Public Defender Board over the office’s placement of new clients on a waiting list for representation due to a shortage
NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana has released an open letter to the Lafourche Parish Council regarding its plans to take funding from the parish's public library as a means of funding a proposed new jail facility.
The letter reads as follows:
NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU of Louisiana sent a letter today to Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, in response to his recent comments on crack cocaine sentencing. Copies of the documents are attached.
In response to the severe crime problem in New Orleans, the ACLU of Louisiana says get tough and lawfully target known criminals, while respecting and protecting our constitutional freedoms. At the same time, independent oversight of the police is needed more than ever to help root out the unfit