Murder & Other Homicide Crimes

In our previous post, we noted that homicide rates in Baton Rouge have law enforcement officials concerned and looking for strong solutions. As we mentioned last time, much of the increase in crime is connected to illegal drugs operations made possible by an influx of...

The Advocate reports that homicide rates have increased in Baton Rouge in recent years, to the point where it now exceed homicide rates in New York, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles. Compared to the nation as a whole and to other cities of similar demographic makeup...

The first weekend of February was marked by a rash of violence. Two people were injured after a shooting at Am-Mart Seafood in Baton Rouge following an argument. In a separate shooting a 19-year-old was killed near a new apartment complex. In another attack that...

On New Year's Day in 2003, a now 41-year-old Louisiana man broke into the home of a 70-year-old retired minister, killed him and seriously injured the minister's 68-year-old wife so that he and his girlfriend could rob their home. Or did he? That is what we are about...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. sent in the National Guard to help local residents' safety in the face of disaster. Now, with the murder rate in some areas of Louisiana 10 times the national average, some residents (and one state lawmaker) consider the...

Louisiana was one of 37 states affected by a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision which said that juveniles convicted of crimes not involving murder cannot be imprisoned for life. According to that decision, such inmates are not guaranteed release, but must be offered a...

Our readers may have heard of the case of Natalee Holloway, a young woman from Alabama disappeared on a high school graduation trip in Aruba back in 2005. On Thursday, an Alabama judge declared Holloway legally dead. The declaration was reportedly given at the request...

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up two cases-one from Alabama and one from Arkansas-on the issue of whether teenage murderers should be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. The issue is one that some Louisiana inmates are...

The means a doctor used to help his patient, pop singer icon Michael Jackson, battle through extreme insomnia to fall asleep were eventually what killed him. Because of that, a jury found the doctor guilty of involuntary manslaughter and he now faces up to four years...