NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. district court judge ruled yesterday that a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro for jailing and coercing crime victims with fake subpoenas can proceed.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today commended a proposed resolution calling on the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office to stop jailing the victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, August 6th the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a case challenging Louisiana’s chronic failure to provide poor and low-income defendants with access to timely representation.

The Louisiana House of Representatives today voted 62-30 to approve HB 195, a bill that would rollback probation reform adopted last year as part of the justice reinvestment package.