The crew of traffickers conducted transactions in very public places like Tanger Outlets mall in Gonzales, Walmart parking ...

In their filings, Louisiana officials asked the Supreme Court to provide a “clear articulation” of what voting map would survive review under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act, and how states ...

In June 2022, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick ruled that a map adopted earlier that year by the Republican-controlled Louisiana legislature containing only a single Black-majority congressional ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...

Recent executions using nitrogen gas and firing squads have sparked controversy over their potential cruelty. Florida allows executions by lethal injection or electrocution, with the inmate ...

Public support for the death penalty remains at a five-decade low at 53%, with a recent Gallup polling revealing that more than half of young U.S. adults ages 18 through 43 now oppose the death ...

U.S. District Chief Judge Shelly Dick of the federal trial court in Baton Rouge had initially blocked Hoffman's execution after receiving testimony from an expert in anesthesiology and human ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping Hoffman’s execution on Wednesday, March 12, writing, per NOLA.com, “the balance of equities and public interest ...

Last week, Chief District Judge Shelly Dick temporarily blocked Hoffman's execution, saying that it could cause him "pain and terror" and that he showed a "substantial likelihood” of proving ...