crime

By Dr. Lance Hill, crossposted from Justice Roars. One of the post-Katrina policies touted as a way of reducing poverty and crime was to demolish most of the large housing projects and disperse the poor throughout the city (and the nation).

A Talk with John Thompson, by Jed Horne, Crossposted from The Lens.  John Thompson knows the streets of New Orleans. He also knows the state’s prisons. He was one of several defendants railroaded to death row during Harry Connick’s 28-year tenure as Orleans Parish district attorney.

By Parnell Herbert, orginially posted on Justice Roars.  While sitting with Norris Henderson upstairs at the RAE House, I couldn’t help but marvel a

By Noelle de la Paz, crossposted from Colorlines. Last month, a random act of violence nearly took Rafael Delgadillo’s life.