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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.