Gov. Kathy Hochul reitterated her support Thursday for embattled New Paltz doctor Maggie Carpenter after receiving an ...

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and other civil rights groups told the Supreme Court in a legal filing that Ms ...

Today, there are 63 people on Louisiana’s death row, well below the death row populations in Alabama and Texas, but almost twice the size of Mississippi’s. The last time a new death sentence was ...

True crime lovers and macabre enthusiasts are often interested in topics regarding serial killers. Does Louisiana have a history of serial killers?

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Louisiana’s state-run youth detention centers have reported significant decreases in assaults, something officials attribute to a new detention facility for particularly at-risk youth and enhanced ...

A convicted child molester has been released from a Missouri prison despite pleas from the people he molested.

Voters have a chance on March 29 to turn the tide against Gov. Jeff Landry and his legislature’s extensive, expensive plans ...

A former psychiatric nurse practitioner has been placed on probation after serving less than half of his prison sentence, and ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...