A death row inmate, Jones spent more than 30 years in one of the nation’s most notorious prisons, San Quentin. He was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a California couple. Over time, Jones ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

The ruling elites fashion the Deep South as a ground zero for repression, but Southerners know we are ground zero for ...

All families have their secrets, that thing no one talks about. Maybe it’s an illegitimate child, divorce, drugs or ...

It’s hard to imagine that anyone could suggest that the great state of Louisiana was soft on crime. In an America that sets ...

It’s been a number of years since the death penalty was carried out in Louisiana. A vicious rapist and killer, a fellow named Jesse Hoffman, was put to death at Angola State prison just two weeks ago.

Demetrius Gabriel had eluded law enforcement for almost five years before being arrested in Miami during a traffic stop in ...

Larry Delmore, Glenn Davis and Terrence Meyers were found guilty of a drive-by shooting and murder in Jefferson Parish and ...

After 32 years away, Anthony Hingle Jr. is back in town, continuing the work of his father, Flagboy Meathead, a legend among ...

A Baton Rouge man will spend two decades behind bars after he confessed Monday to stabbing his roommate to death. Eric Deshon ...

A 33-year-old Omaha man will spend life in prison after being found guilty of a 2017 murder while driving on the North Freeway. Douglas County District Court Judge Derek Vaughn pronounced the ...

(WALA) - A judge on Friday heard anguished testimony from family members of a man who was gunned down almost 4½ years ago and then sentenced his killer to life in prison. A jury in January found ...