NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An Orleans Parish sex offender has been sentenced to 99 years in state prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a minor. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams ...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell is the first sitting mayor to be indicted, amid a broader history of corruption charges against New ...

The man was accused of making his girlfriend's death look like a suicide. Their 2-year-old son was home at the time of killing.

Three New Orleans parents running to replace Council Member Joe Giarrusso laid out their plans for making the district a more ...

Williams has defended his office’s discretion as necessary to avoid over-criminalization and to prioritize more serious threats to public safety. And according to New Orleans Police Department data, ...

In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse.

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office.

Lombard said he has called for a city investigation. New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams — whose main role is to represent the government in criminal cases and decide whether to prosecute ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is voicing opposition to a proposed state law that would allow Louisiana residents 18 and older to carry firearms, permitted or ...

In 2020, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams pledged sweeping criminal justice reforms in a candidate ...