You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Wearing a mask with a picture of her son, Irene Wimberly, mother of Quinnyon "Quinn" Wimberly who was killed when the building collapsed, is comforted by her sister Clarissa brown, during a visit to the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel site in New Orleans, La. Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The construction site collapsed last October killing three workers. (Photo by David Grunfeld, , The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)Irene Wimberly, mother of Quinnyon "Quinn" Wimberly who was killed when the building collapsed, is...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Wearing a mask with a picture of her son, Irene Wimberly, mother of Quinnyon "Quinn" Wimberly who was killed when the building collapsed, is comforted by her sister Clarissa brown, during a visit to the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel site in New Orleans, La. Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The construction site collapsed last October killing three workers. (Photo by David Grunfeld, , The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)Irene Wimberly, mother of Quinnyon "Quinn" Wimberly who was killed when the building collapsed, is...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.An Abbeville man who was serving a life prison sentence as a habitual offender over a $30 marijuana sale is getting out.Prosecutors in Vermilion Parish on Thursday agreed to cut Derek Harris loose after nine years, following a decision last month by the Louisiana Supreme Court to grant him a new hearing over his sentence.Cormac Boyle, an attorney with the Promise of Justice Initiative who represents Harris, said 15th Judicial District Attorney Keith Stutes’ office agreed that Harris had received ineffective...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.An Abbeville man who was serving a life prison sentence as a habitual offender over a $30 marijuana sale is getting out.Prosecutors in Vermilion Parish on Thursday agreed to cut Derek Harris loose after nine years, following a decision last month by the Louisiana Supreme Court to grant him a new hearing over his sentence.Cormac Boyle, an attorney with the Promise of Justice Initiative who represents Harris, said 15th Judicial District Attorney Keith Stutes’ office agreed that Harris had received ineffective...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that juries across the nation must be unanimous to convict or acquit a criminal defendant, outlawing the split verdicts that had persisted in Louisiana since openly racist lawmakers enshrined them in the state Constitution during the Jim Crow era.In a 6-3 decision that crossed ideological lines, the high court ruled that the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial implicitly requires a unanimous verdict, and that the previously acknowledged need for jury consensus in federal...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that juries across the nation must be unanimous to convict or acquit a criminal defendant, outlawing the split verdicts that had persisted in Louisiana since openly racist lawmakers enshrined them in the state Constitution during the Jim Crow era.In a 6-3 decision that crossed ideological lines, the high court ruled that the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial implicitly requires a unanimous verdict, and that the previously acknowledged need for jury consensus in federal...WW…

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Victor White IIIIberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal Victor White IIIIberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s office agreed to a $325,000 settlement two years ago stemming from the high-profile shooting death of Victor White III as he sat handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car, according to copies of checks released this week by a state sheriff’s insurance pool.The long-sealed settlement figure, public for the first time after a successful legal challenge by The Advocate,...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Victor White IIIIberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal Victor White IIIIberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s office agreed to a $325,000 settlement two years ago stemming from the high-profile shooting death of Victor White III as he sat handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car, according to copies of checks released this week by a state sheriff’s insurance pool.The long-sealed settlement figure, public for the first time after a successful legal challenge by The Advocate,...WW…