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Advocates say parole is not enough for those convicted by juries that are not unanimous
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,05/11/23-3:49PM , 122 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — People convicted of felonies years ago by nonunanimous juries in Louisiana would have a chance for parole under a measure advanced at the Legislature on Thursday — over the objectio
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John Mayer and Mumford and Sons are among upcoming acts. But old-guard, New Orleans-based musical artists like George Porter Jr. and Deacon John remain festival stalwarts to say hundreds of Louisiana acts are what the festival is built on. (mAY 4)

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New Orleans music's old guard still star at Jazz Fest
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,05/03/23-11:04PM , 121 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste played the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival in 1970 with their groundbreaking funk band The Meters.
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Teliah Perkins stands in front of the federal appeals court building in New Orleans on May 3, 2023, following a hearing on her lawsuit against two St. Tammany Parish, La., sheriff's deputies stemming from her arrest in May 2020. The deputies asked the appeals court to throw out her excessive force lawsuit, which was filed by lawyers working with the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

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Deputies want Black woman's excessive force suit dismissed
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,05/03/23-2:09PM , 111 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two white Louisiana sheriff’s deputies who forced a Black woman facedown to the ground in 2020 as they investigated an allegation that she had been riding a motorcycle without a helmet asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit the woman filed against them.
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Suit alleges paperwork voting hurdle for some ex-prisoners
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,05/01/23-5:59PM , 77 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana imposes an unfair and illegal paperwork requirement for some former prison inmates who have regained the right to vote, criminal justice and voting rights advocates say in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court.
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