We are four days removed from Louisiana’s surprising election results last Saturday. Voters roundly rejected all four state ...

FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a critical case regarding Louisiana's redrawn congressional districts on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an ...

It’s a rare time when we’re going to be rooting against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, whom we’re fans of, but today ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman, 46, was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola on March 18 for the ...

Judge Shelly Dick has heard the cries of those ... On Tuesday, federal Judge Shelley Dick blocked Louisiana from using nitrogen gas for the execution. Hoffman, convicted of raping and killing ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a 29-page preliminary injunction Tuesday to stop state corrections officials from executing Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick ...