Duncan spent nearly three decades in prison before his murder case was finally overturned by the state Supreme Court. But this week, the DA’s office obtained a warrant for a DNA sample from him. His a...

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Devon Jones and his attorneys claim that his April firing from the hospital was based solely on his criminal record, potentially in violation of the ‘ban the box’ ordinance, which was meant to give fo...

Treneisha Hill, a former prosecutor, will run against Holland for an open judge seat in the 1st Judicial District. Holland has faced repeated accusations of racism and misconduct during his decades-lo...

Stella Cziment is up for reappointment to head the New Orleans Office of Independent Police Monitor after five years in the role. But she faces competition — and a consultant who has criticized her ap...

The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie ‘Chris’ Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...

In "Bloodline of Trauma," Brennan Jacques recounts his journey from the St. Thomas to federal prison to graduating from Southern University and going on to teach at Phyllis Wheatley Community School i...

The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies h...

The Louisiana SPCA reported a surge in pets being given up for adoption last year. The group’s CEO said that many people bringing them in said they used to belong to neighbors who were arrested or fle...

St. John Parish leader 'vetoed' the showing of a documentary about the Denka plant.

Duncan was sentenced to death for the murder of his former girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, but the conviction was overturned last year after a judge found that it was based, in part, on junk scien...

Wilmer Guevara Brito was in the country on a humanitarian parole program that covered hundreds of thousands of immigrants. But Trump pulled the plug on it last year. And he was picked up during operat...

Because of contract disputes, cost and legislative hurdles, it will likely take years before the remainder of the city’s tens of thousands of lead pipes are replaced. In the meantime, experts say resi...

Karr is widely regarded as one of the best marching bands in New Orleans.

The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a “racist.”

Verite News tested lead levels at more than 80 parks. Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children.

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incar...

In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood-pellet mills say they’re getting sick because of air pollution.

Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...

Here's what happened to one of the people arrested at the Harvey shipyard ICE immigration raid and his family.

Jimmie Duncan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death 27 years ago. But this year, a judge vacated the verdict, finding that the state's case against him was rooted in debunked 'junk science.'

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Gray, convicted by a 10-2 jury vote, remains in prison five years after the Supreme Court ruled such verdicts unconstitutional.

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The Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center, a new partnership with The New York Times, will launch in early 2026.

The Lafayette, Louisiana newsroom joins Verite News and Mississippi Today in the nonprofit news network.

Harris, whose photo series “Vanishing Black Bars and Lounges” documents the Black community fixtures, will have his work featured in a new MoMA exhibit this month.

Duncan’s 1998 conviction was vacated in April after a judge found it was based in part on discredited science, but prosecutors are fighting his release.

Katrina brought an influx of Latin American immigrants, often undocumented, seeking work in the city. Many stayed, opening businesses and building communities here.

More than 7,000 New Orleans public school teachers and support staff lost their jobs under a post-Katrina education overhaul — and became part of a narrative they couldn’t control.

Since January, Verite News has been exploring the immense loss that New Orleanians experienced during Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of the disaster in the series “What Was Lost.” We’ve heard fro...

Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for Lloyd Gray — and hundreds of other Louisiana prisoners — “tough on crime” state leaders have ens...

Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...

The Louisiana state Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole unanimously voted to release Kentrell Parker, who sued the state over health care conditions at the state’s largest prison.

The Regional Transit Authority recently began its summer hours pilot program — extending the Canal Street Ferry’s operating hours to 12:15 a.m. every night of the week.

When Robert Smith and his girlfriend broke up, she accused him of breaking a Louisiana law criminalizing the intentional exposure of a person to HIV.

Act 399 makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison to refuse a detainer request from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Tulane University is no longer pursuing disciplinary action against seven students who were originally facing consequences for their participation in an off-campus protest advocating for Columbia stud...

A judge vacated Duncan’s murder conviction in April after his legal team argued that it was based on junk science.

There are a host of factors that make New Orleans a less attractive — and less profitable — tour stop for Lil Wayne and other artists, according to industry professionals.

As the city’s emergency responders face daily challenges on the job, New Orleans EMS faces an even bigger challenge: holding on to those workers.