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A former Louisiana State Police trooper left an Alexandria courtroom upset Wednesday after another felony domestic abuse charge was filed against him.
I applaud Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple and state lawmakers for taking steps to address the auto insurance crisis by implementing some positive legal system abuse reforms, including ...
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Department of Health has significant shortcomings in overseeing its adverse actions lists for Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) and Direct Service Workers (DSWs ...
The Louisiana Revised Statutes (R.S.) contain a significant amount of legislation, arranged in titles or codes. [2] Apart from this, the Louisiana Civil Code forms the core of private law, [3] the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (C.C.P.) governs civil procedure, the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure (C.Cr.P.) governs criminal procedure, the Louisiana Code of Evidence governs the law of ...
Duncan was arrested and ultimately charged with simple battery. As it was punishable by no more than two years, simple battery is a misdemeanor under Louisiana law and so he was not subject to trial by jury. Duncan was convicted and received a 60-day prison sentence and a fine of $150. He appealed on the grounds that the state had violated the ...
Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended.
The Louisiana Legislature is looking to fix a law that was supposed to make it easier for abuse victims to sue institutions like the Catholic Church. The Louisiana Legislature is looking to fix a ...
A state grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975, an extraordinary prosecution that could shed new light on what Roman Catholic ...