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Heartbreaking story from Jillian Kramer. A five year old girl holding a teddy bear as she testified about her mom's boyfriend pouring scalding water over her. Could it have been prevented had DCFS acted differently on previous reports? nola.com/news/courts/af…

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sister Helen Prejean yesterday shortly after attorneys filed clemency applications on behalf of nearly all people on Louisiana's death row. Here's what she had to say. nola.com/news/politics/…

“Dignity is not just for people who are innocent. And to strap a person down — to render them completely defenseless — and kill them, what kind of dignity is in that death? We don't have to do this be safe.” nola.com/news/politics/…

NOPD is using an obscure offense that most states have wiped from their statutes to ramp up gun arrests, Jeff Adelson & Jillian Kramer report. More than 90% arrested were Black. The DA has yet to get a conviction in 7 of 10 cases. nola.com/news/crime_pol…

Thanks to Green Eyeshade Awards (the southern regional Society of Professional Journalists contest) for recognizing my, Andrea Gallo and Paul Cobler’s work for The Advocate covering Baton Rouge’s violence-stricken motels. Read the winning story here theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

“I would not dare to keep my dog in these conditions for fear of my dog dying,” a doctor wrote in the emergency filing. “And Louisiana law requires air conditioning in all juvenile detention centers.” theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

Thanks to LA Press Association for awarding my and Lea Skene's story on ankle monitors the first place news story award in the LPA's annual competition. Read the story here: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

New: The U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on a lawsuit that aims to remove youth from Angola, saying the facility is seriously harmful and potentially unconstitutional if descriptions of dangerous living conditions and lengthy isolation are true. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

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Today we unveil "For Dear Life," my deep dive for NOLA.com/The Advocate into why Louisiana's infant mortality rates are among the highest in the developed world, and the families carrying these tragedies. Here's our first story: nola.com/news/healthcar…

A Baton Rouge judge quashed a murder indictment because the state didn't follow a law letting people with felonies on juries. Jillian Kramer and I reported last year on how a number of Louisiana courts weren’t following this law theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via The Advocate

Need a pothole filled in New Orleans? That'll take about a year, Joseph Cranney reports in a new series on the city's deteriorating infrastructure and what it costs residents. nola.com/news/politics/…

"An unrelenting insurance crisis is ripping the social fabric" of southern Louisiana, leaving residents to wonder "how they can ever recover." Sam Karlin's powerful reporting on how skyrocketing insurance costs are killing Louisiana's towns is a must-read. nola.com/news/business/…

I’m at the #IRE25 Investigative Reporters & Editors conference today and the rest of the week. If we’re journalist friends here and you want to be journalist friends IRL, send me a message so we can meet!

Our latest NOLA.com project from Jillian Kramer and Jeff Adelson. Murder cases in New Orleans move through court at a slower pace than nearly anywhere else. Families of victims and the accused are trapped in a never-ending cycle of grief. Why is it this way? nola.com/interactive/mu…

Murder cases in New Orleans are more likely to drag for 5+ years than be resolved within 1 year. One of the country's deadliest cities is also among the slowest in closing its homicides. By Jillian Kramer: nola.com/interactive/mu…

Incredible work by Jillian Kramer & Jeff Adelson. Their deep dive shows Orleans Parish Criminal Court takes nearly 3 years to resolve murder cases, triple the target. 39 dragged on for over 6 years. Moving, poignant photos by Sophia Germer 🔗 nola.com/interactive/mu…