Criminal Justice

“Having a felony arrest or conviction on your record is like wearing a heavy yoke around your neck," said Aaron Clark-Rizzio, the legal director for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights.

A group of Jewish advocates met on the steps of the state Capitol on Holocaust Remembrance Day to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would remove gassing from the list of execution methods allowed under state law.

A bill to create the crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud” passed from a Senate committee on Tuesday.

The legislature completed a two-week special session Thursday that will likely reshape the landscape of criminal punishment in Louisiana for years to come.

Lawmakers in the Louisiana House gave final approval to multiple controversial proposals Wednesday, including a measure that would treat 17-year-olds as adults in the state’s criminal justice system.

Lawmakers in Baton Rouge are considering dozens of so-called tough-on-crime bills. We break down the biggest ones. Plus, more on how historic preservationists are adopting AI tools.

The proposals threaten to undo many of the bipartisan criminal justice reforms passed in 2017 under former Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.

Gov. Jeff Landry weighs in on the session so far, discusses his crime policies and takes questions from listeners.

Kat Stromquist speaks with author Lydia Pelot-Hobbs to discuss the history of Louisiana’s mass incarceration problem and efforts to push back against it.

Lawmakers will consider nearly 30 tough-on-crime bills during a special session focused on combating crime in Louisiana that kicked off Monday afternoon in Baton Rouge.