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The Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola, in association with the Catholic Mobilizing Network, organized a week of events to promote advocacy for death penalty abolition, in honor of death penalty awareness week. A series of events were held both at the main campus and the law school, featuring a variety of speakers and educational...

Time is running low for people on Louisiana’s death row seeking clemency as Gov. John Bel Edwards’ term nears its end, say lawyers.

In 1996, Shareef Cousin was 16. While his peers worried about prom and house chores, he was worried about being executed for a crime he didn’t commit.

In 1996, Shareef Cousin was 16. While his peers worried about prom and house chores, he was worried about being executed for a crime he didn’t commit.

A crowd of about two dozen delivered a petition to the governor’s office with more than 2,000 signatures calling for clemency.

Family members of death row prisoners stood beside relatives of some of those prisoners victims Tuesday and pleaded for mercy for those Louisiana has sentenced to die — nearly all

Family members of death row prisoners stood beside relatives of some of those prisoners victims Tuesday and pleaded for mercy for those Louisiana has sentenced to die — nearly all

For the fifth time in six years, Louisiana lawmakers have blocked attempts to abolish the...

The letters written to the WNBA star in prison shared stories of hope, understanding and perseverance.

Walter was convicted in a one-day trial and sentenced as an adult, serving 36 years in a Louisiana prison for a crime he did not commit. He became the 42nd person exonerated by the Innocence Project New Orleans.