Victims of childhood sexual abuse often hear a refrain: Come forward and name your abuser. Justice will be done. But we rarely hear what happens next.
And Justice for Some
Courts are supposed to mete out justice fairly. What if the scales are out of balance?
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Criminal Justice
White judges dominate state courts, and researchers say that’s a problem
Before Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was in the national spotlight for the recent killings of Alton Sterling and three police officers, it was the city’s court system that was at the center of a prolonged battle over race.
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Criminal Justice
When Louisiana’s repeat offenders are judges
It takes a lot for a judge to get publicly disciplined once, let alone twice. But at least five judges across Louisiana have violated their oaths repeatedly and abused their judicial authority.
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Criminal Justice
Poor Louisiana defendants fight alleged debtors’ prison
Debtors’ prisons were outlawed in the U.S. almost 200 years ago, but in pockets of the country, modern-day debtors’ prisons are alive and well.