Within a few hours of being sworn in, President Donald Trump signed pardons for about 1,500 people involved in the U.S.

President Biden granted a slew of last-minute preemptive pardons on Jan. 20, including to Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the January 6th committee.

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences ...

A Black man died after a beating by the police in 2019. The assault “demonstrated serious failures,” the Justice Department ...

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits. That's according to a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a report Thursday evening finding that Louisiana State Police employs practices that ...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled on Tuesday that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) ...

Judge Susie Morgan granted the NOPD a two-year sustainment period, signaling the beginning of the end of the consent decree.

After years of federal oversight, the New Orleans Police Department is entering the final phase of the consent decree.

A judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending longstanding federal oversight.

The federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Police Department’s decade-long consent decree is poised to make a pivotal ...