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The New Orleans District Attorney and his mother were carjacked Monday night.

Alainna Matens says the police shooting in Ohio of Ta'Kiya Young over a few bottles of liquor is a sign of an out-of-control society.

Family and Friends will gather Friday for Peter Scharf Life Celebration

"Mental illness is not a crime, its a medical condition," one retired sergeant from the Rochester Police Department told Newsweek.

Dr. Scharf was the founding director of the Center for Society, Law and Justice at the University of New Orleans, and an expert witness on criminology.

A longtime New Orleans criminologist died over the weekend, according to LSU Health New Orleans.

Peter Scharf, a prominent and frequently quoted New Orleans criminologist who taught at University of New Orleans, Tulane University and LSU over a career that covered a half century, died

“How can we have a next generation if the next generation continues to get shot down in the street?" Councilman Oliver Thomas asked.

NOLA crime analysts dispute Mayor Cantrell's claims that there were no homicides the week of June 4