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Family of man killed by Savannah officer files wrongful death lawsuit

Filing says police, city lacked due diligence in hiring officer.

New Orleans man wrongfully convicted for 36 years wins compensation

Sullivan Walter was sentenced for a crime he didn't commit. Nearly four decades later the state is awarding him compensation for their mistake.

Louisiana to pay New Orleans man for wrongful conviction

New Orleans man who spent 36 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit wins compensation. Sullivan Walter will receive $480,000.

“They Saw Me and Thought the Worst”For years, Black residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, have voiced complaints about abuses and a lack of accountability within its Sheriff’s Office. Unlike in neighboring New Orleans, no one has stepped in to help.

Police question, release LSU pair after shootingTwo LSU football players were questioned by police for several hours about a fatal shooting Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later released without arrest.

A sheriff's deputy shot a 14-year-old boy. It went unreported for months."I thought we had honesty," said Gaylor Spiller, head of the NAACP chapter in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. "This 14-year-old boy that they kept hidden, it's very telling."

Cop Allegedly Kneeled on Asthmatic Teen’s Neck: ‘I Don’t Give a Damn’About six weeks after George Floyd's death, Baton Rouge police allegedly used the same tactic on a 16-year-old. His mom is suing.

4 years after Alton Sterling, here's what reviews of police shootings look like in Baton RougeSince Alton Sterling's death four years ago this month, the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office has reviewed 15 cases in which law enforcement officers either shot or killed

The human toll of America's public defender crisisYears of drastic budget cuts have created bottomless caseloads for public defenders – the ‘pack mules of the system’ – and tipped the scales of justice against the poor

Attorneys: Shootings of black people show JPSO lacks acountability“What we know about the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is that it’s infected, corrupted and it doesn’t hold its deputies accountable,” one attorney said.

WATCH: Lawyers for Raheem Howard hold press conferenceLawyers for Raheem Howard, the man falsely accused of shooting at a Baton Rouge Police officer in August of 2018, will have a press conference Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. outside of the M…

Family, attorneys demand transparency on anniversary of Josef Richardson’s deathThe family of Josef Richardson is still fighting for justice one year after he was shot and killed by a deputy with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office.