NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s attempt to evade accountability by claiming absolute immunity for jailing and coercing crime victims with fraudulent subpoenas. 

NEW ORLEANS – Today the American Civil Liberties Union released a new report that showed Black people are 3.4 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Louisiana, despite comparable national marijuana usage rates.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana released the following statement regarding the Department of Corrections’ COVID-19 Furlough Review Panel that will consider furloughs of incarcerated people who are within the last six months of their prison sentence. 

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today filed a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit against Oakdale Federal Detention Center. 

Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson urged district judges to take steps to avoid needless jail sentences and prevent people from being incarcerated because they cannot afford bail.