Phillip Terrell News Today

The Louisiana Supreme Court is having second thoughts about its recent decision granting a new trial to a death-row prisoner based on a claim that prosecutors railroaded him.

Newly elected 9th Judicial District Court Judge Loren Lampert was formally sworn in Wednesday morning, telling a packed courtroom in downtown Alexandria that it was "humbling" to see everyone who turned out for his investiture.

Advocates say about 800 people convicted by divided juries remain in Louisiana prisons.

The Louisiana Board of Pardons on Wednesday denied the appeal of a Cheneyville man who killed two people and slit the throats of a mom and her two sons back in 1993.

The former owner of a dog training business was sentenced in federal court to five years probation Friday.

A former Rapides Parish substitute teacher has been arrested on multiple counts of rape and other sex crimes allegedly involving underage students.

A 25-year-old man was found dead Tuesday night after a report of a shooting in Alexandria, according to police.

Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell joined others Wednesday, seeking an injunction to stop clemency hearings set for next month.

Kayla Giles was tried in the court of public opinion before her trial even began, and her trial attorney was negligent in not asking for a change of venue, according to Giles' current attorney.

A felon on probation is behind bars again after a tip led investigators to his home, where they found weapons, armor-piercing ammunition and more than 5 pounds of crystal meth.