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The Death Penalty in Louisiana
Diminishing All of Us: The Death Penalty in Louisiana Death Chamber, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola Photo Courtesy of Richard Ross, Architecture of Authority (Aperture Press, 2007) A Study for Louisiana Catholics Committed to Repeal of the Death Penalty Co-authors: Alex Mikulich & Sophie Cull ©Copyright 2012 Jesuit Social Research Institute Loyola University New Orleans LouisianaLong.indd 1 3/20/12 4:42 PM Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Executive Summary and Major Findings 4 III. Catholic Social Teaching and the Death Penalty 6 A. Louisiana Catholic Bishops on the Death Penalty 6 B. Roman Catholic Theological and Moral Teaching 7 C. Roman Catholic Social Teaching and Social Sin 8 D. The Death Penalty: A Profound Forgetfulness of Eucharistic Remembering 10 IV. The Death Penalty in Context 12 A. The US Death Penalty in the International Context 12 B. The Search for “Humane” Executions: Lethal Injection 12 C. The Movement toward Repeal 13 D. The Death Penalty: Louisiana’s Response to Lynching 13 V. Arbitrary, Inaccurate and Unfair 15 A. Exonerees 15 B. Murder Victims and their Families 16 C. The Condemned 20 Louisiana’s death row is overrepresented by individuals with childhood trauma 22 Many individuals on Louisiana’s death row were under 21 when they were arrested 23 Louisiana’s death row is overrepresented by individuals with intellectual disabilities 24 Louisiana’s death row is overrepresented by individuals with mental illness 25 D. Jurors 27 VI. Weighing the Costs: Alternatives to the Death Penalty 30 A. Cost of Louisiana’s Death Penalty 30 B. Our Misplaced Policy Priorities 31 C. -
THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE to HURRICANE KATRINA: a CASE STUDY Michael Peter Wigginton Jr
The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Fall 12-2007 THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA: A CASE STUDY Michael Peter Wigginton Jr. University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, Law Enforcement and Corrections Commons, Policy History, Theory, and Methods Commons, Social Welfare Commons, and the Urban Studies and Planning Commons Recommended Citation Wigginton, Michael Peter Jr., "THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA: A CASE STUDY" (2007). Dissertations. 1343. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1343 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA: A CASE STUDY by Michael Peter Wigginton, Jr. A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Approved: December 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. COPYRIGHT BY MICHAEL WIGGINTON, JR. 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The University of Southern Mississippi THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA: A CASE STUDY by Michael Peter Wigginton Jr. Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of the University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. -
INSIDE and Coerced to Change Statement 10D Editorials Cartoons Opinions Letters
Volume 97 Number 15 | NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3, 2019 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents BUSINESS ................................................. 8B FAITH & FAMILY ...................................... 7D Lawsuit alleging sexual Today CLASSIFIED ............................................. 11B FAITH CALENDAR ................................... 8D 84° IN GOOD TASTE ......................................... 1C HEALTH & WELLNESS ............................. 9D assault coverup settled LIFESTYLE HAPPENINGS ....................... 5C OBITUARIES ............................................. 12D Jane Doe was suspended after reporting attacks 8 90158 00100 0 INSIDE and coerced to change statement 10D Editorials Cartoons Opinions Letters VIEWPOINT BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY | NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3, 2019 | MiamiTimesOnline.com MEMBER: National Newspaper Periodicals Postage Credo Of The Black Press Publisher Association paid at Miami, Florida Four Florida outrages: (ISSN 0739-0319) The Black Press believes that America MEMBER: The Newspaper POSTMASTER: Published Weekly at 900 NW 54th Street, can best lead the world from racial and Association of America Send address changes to Miami, Florida 33127-1818 national antagonism when it accords Subscription Rates: One Year THE MIAMI TIMES, The wealthy flourish, Post Office Box 270200 to every person, regardless of race, $65.00 – Two Year $120.00 P.O. Box 270200 Buena Vista Station, Miami, Florida 33127 creed or color, his or her human and Foreign $75.00 Buena Vista Station, Miami, FL Phone 305-694-6210 legal rights. Hating no person, fearing 7 percent sales tax for Florida residents 33127-0200 • 305-694-6210 the poor die H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES Founder, 1923-1968 no person, the Black Press strives to GARTH C. REEVES JR. Editor, 1972-1982 help every person in the firm belief that ith President Trump’s impeachment hearing domi- GARTH C. REEVES SR. -
Sustaining New Orleans : Literature, Local Memory, and the Fate of a City / Barbara Eckstein
This page intentionally left blank SustainingSstasta g New Orleans Literature, Local Memory, and the Fate of a City Barbara Eckstein First published 2006 by Routledge Published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2006 Taylor & Francis The Open Access version of this book, available at www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. ISBN-13: 978-0-415-94782-4 (hbk) ISBN-13: 978-0-415-94783-1 (pbk) Library of Congress Card Number 2005012589 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eckstein, Barbara J. Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-94782-0 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 0-415-94783-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. American literature--Louisiana--New Orleans--History and criticism. 2. New Orleans (La.)-- Intellectual life. 3. New Orleans (La.)--In literature. 4. New Orleans (La.)--Civilization. I. Title. PS267.N49E27 2005 810.9'9763--dc22 2005012589 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com Taylor & Francis Group and the Routledge Web site at is the Academic Division of T&F Informa plc. http://www.routledge-ny.com For Robert Udick, 1957–1999, and Jim Knudsen, 1950–2004, friends of New Orleans and friends of mine. This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xi 1 The Claims for New Orleans’s Exceptionalism 1 2 “Indiscourageable Progress”: The Decline of the New Orleans Streetcar and the Rise of A Streetcar Named Desire 31 3 Sex and the Historic City: A Walking Tour on the Wild Side 65 4 Malaise and Miasms: Dr. -
12/16/2016 "See News Release 076 for Any Concurrences And/Or Dissents."
12/16/2016 "See News Release 076 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents." SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 16-KP-0234 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROGERS LACAZE On Supervisory Writ from the Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans PER CURIAM: Writ denied. The Fourth Circuit correctly reversed the district court’s order for a new trial. In 1995, an Orleans Parish jury found Rogers LaCaze, and separately, co- defendant Antoinette Frank, guilty of three counts of first degree murder for the March 4, 1995 armed robbery and triple homicide of siblings Cuong Vu and Ha Vu, employees of the family-owned Kim Anh Vietnamese restaurant in New Orleans East, and New Orleans Police Officer Ronnie Williams, who was at the time working a paid security detail at the restaurant. Antoinette Frank (“Frank”), herself a New Orleans Police Officer, was Ofc. Williams’s former partner and sometimes also worked security at the restaurant. After finding LaCaze guilty as charged on all three counts, jurors unanimously voted to impose the death sentence. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentence. State v. LaCaze, 99-0584 (La. 1/25/02), 824 So.2d 1063, cert. denied, LaCaze v. Louisiana, 537 U.S. 865, 123 S.Ct. 263, 154 L.Ed.2d 110 (2002). The state’s case was premised on the survivors’ identifications of both LaCaze and Frank, in addition to other evidence which showed, inter alia, that after Frank met LaCaze in November 1994, the pair established a routine of acting in concert while Frank was on duty, with LaCaze accompanying her as she responded to calls. -
Closing Argument in Post-Conviction Hearing
1 The exhibits, I believe, have all been 2 admitted and received, and, urn, to the extent that, 3 ah, you know, I may not have officially ruled, they 4 are now admitted and received subject to objections 5 that were stated at the time. 6 Do you have a rebuttal case or anything you 7 wish to put on to rebut anything they've argued or 8 submitted? 9 MS. TAPLIN: 10 No, your Honor. 11 THE COURT: 12 All right. Do you want to make an argument? 13 MS. TAPLIN: 14 Sorry. One clarification. Did you just 15 submit S-14 or 16 MR. PICKETT: 17 S-14 was re-numbered. It's not the conduct 18 report. 19 MS. TAPLIN: 20 Okay. Thank you. 21 MR. PICKETT: 22 There's a new S-14, which is the FAX 23 transmittal sheet. 24 THE COURT: 25 All right. Now, do you want to make an 26 argument? 27 MS. TAPLIN: 28 Yes, your Honor. 29 THE COURT: 30 All right. 31 MS. TAPLIN: 32 In a first-degree murder case involving the 53 1 execution of a New Orleans police officer and two 2 other individuals in which a young African-American 3 man is accused possibly in a notorious case in a 4 notorious decade, this teenager was represented by 5 a lawyer who didn't even know how to pick a fair 6 and impartial jury. He admitted as much in court 7 when he allowed someone not even connected with 8 this case to take over voir dire for him. -
2012 Nicholls Football Media Guide
2012 SCHEDULE * denotes SLC game • BOLD denotes HOME GAME 9/1/2012 2 P.M. • OREGON STATE Band CORVALLIS, ORE. 9/8/2012 4 P.M. • SOUTH ALABAMA _-of MOBILE, ALA. - 9/15/2012 6 P.M. • TULSA _ TULSA, OKLA. Brothers 9/22/2012 6 P.M. • EVANGEL HALL OF FAME GAME • THIBODAUX, LA. 10/6/2012 6 P.M. • CENTRAL ARKANSAS* CONWAY, ARK. 10/13/2012 6 P.M. • SAM HOUSTON STATE* HOMECOMING• THIBODAUX, LA. 10/20/2012 2 P.M. • STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS 10/27/2012 6 P.M. • NORTHWESTERN STATE* NATCHITOCHES, LA. 11/3/2012 3 P.M. • MCNEESE STATE* FAMILY DAY • THIBODAUX, LA. 11/10/2012 3 P.M. • LAMAR* BEAUMONT, TEXAS 11/15/2012 6 P.M. • SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA* THIBODAUX, LA. 2012 NICHOLLS FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Table of Contents 2012 OUTLOOK SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Quick Facts......................................2 Southland Bio ................................46 Season Outlook ...............................3 Members/Map................................47 Position Breakdown .........................4 All-Time Standings ........................49 Depth Chart .....................................7 2011 Stats ......................................50 Roster ..............................................8 2012 Opponents ............................10 HISTORY All-Time Series Records ................52 PLAYERS Individual Records .........................55 Biographies....................................13 Team Records ...............................57 Season Leaders ............................58 Career Leaders..............................60 COACHES Accolades ......................................61 -
STATE of LOUISIANA V. ANTOINETTE FRANK (Parish of Orleans) (First Degree Murder) Defendant’S Conviction Was Previously Affirmed
FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 34 FROM : CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of May, 2007, are as follows: BY: KIMBALL, J. 1999-KA-0553 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTOINETTE FRANK (Parish of Orleans) (First Degree Murder) Defendant’s conviction was previously affirmed. State v. Frank, 99- 0553 (La. 1/17/01), 803 So.2d 1. For the reasons assigned herein, defendant’s sentence is affirmed. In the event this judgment becomes final on direct review when either: (1) the defendant fails to petition timely the United States Supreme Court for certiorari; or (2) that Court denies her petition for certiorari; and either (a) the defendant, having filed for and been denied certiorari, fails to petition the United States Supreme Court timely, under its prevailing rules for rehearing of denial of certiorari, or (b) that Court denies her petition for rehearing, the trial judge shall, upon receiving notice from this court under LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 923 of finality on direct appeal, and before signing the warrant of execution, as provided by LSA-R.S. 15:567(B), immediately notify the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board and provide the Board with reasonable time in which: (1) to enroll counsel to represent the defendant in any state post- conviction proceedings, if appropriate, pursuant to its authority under LSA-R.S. 15:149.1; and (2) to litigate expeditiously the claims raised in that original application, if filed, in the state courts. CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons. JOHNSON, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Calogero, C.J. -
Meeting Minutes
City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:00 AM Regular City Hall Commission Chambers City Commission Tomás Regalado, Mayor Keon Hardemon, Chair Ken Russell, Vice Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner District One Frank Carollo, Commissioner District Three Francis Suarez, Commissioner District Four Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager Victoria Méndez, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes April 14, 2016 CONTENTS PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AM - APPROVING MINUTES MV - MAYORAL VETOES CA - CONSENT AGENDA PA - PERSONAL APPEARANCES PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES RE - RESOLUTIONS BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS M - MAYOR'S ITEMS D1 - DISTRICT 1 ITEMS D2 - DISTRICT 2 ITEMS D3 - DISTRICT 3 ITEMS D4 - DISTRICT 4 ITEMS D5 - DISTRICT 5 ITEMS City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 5/19/2016 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 14, 2016 9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Russell, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Suarez and Chair Hardemon On the 14th day of April 2016, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in regular session. The Commission Meeting was called to order by Chair Hardemon at 9:00 a.m., recessed at 1:12 p.m., reconvened at 5:08 p.m., and adjourned at 8:49 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 9:06 a.m. -
ALABAMA ALABAMA Name Age Nationality Photo
Stolen Lives: Killed by Law Enforcement ALABAMA ALABAMA Name Age Nationality Photo Donald Nabors — Black August 3, 1998. Talladega: Mr. Nabors was shot to death by a white police officer. Authorities refuse to identify the officer or divulge the circumstances surrounding the shooting. On Aug. 17, several hundred Black residents held a protest at city hall to demand justice. Source: Yahoo!/States News Service, 8/17/98 Calvin Moore 18 — February 21, 1996. Kilby Correctional Facility: Mr. Moore was serving a two-year sentence for a burglary conviction. He weighed about 160 pounds on Jan. 26, 1996. When he died less than a month later, he weighed 110 pounds. He had lost 56 pounds in less than a month and suffered symptoms of severe mental illness as well as dehydration and starvation after entering the prison. Despite the fact that Calvin was often unable to walk or talk and spent days lying on the concrete floor of his cell in a pool of his own urine, nurses repeatedly failed to provide basic medical care. Not even his vital signs were recorded for the last nine days of his life. An official state autopsy, which concluded that he died of “natural causes,” was called a “whitewash” by an internationally renowned expert on forensic medicine. The expert said Calvin’s death was “a homicide resulting from criminal negligence.” The prison’s health-care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), said, “It is clear the health care staff provided appropriate and compassionate care.” Calvin Moore’s father sued CMS and seven medical professionals, including nurses and doctors, charging malpractice and negligence. -
Making of a Second-Class Citizen: a Case Study of the Institutionalized
The College of Wooster Libraries Open Works Senior Independent Study Theses 2012 Making of a Second-Class Citizen: a Case Study of the Institutionalized Oppression of Blacks in New Orleans Andrew Stowe The College of Wooster, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy Part of the African American Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Stowe, Andrew, "Making of a Second-Class Citizen: a Case Study of the Institutionalized Oppression of Blacks in New Orleans" (2012). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 3855. https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/3855 This Senior Independent Study Thesis Exemplar is brought to you by Open Works, a service of The oC llege of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Independent Study Theses by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. © Copyright 2012 Andrew Stowe The College of Wooster The Making of a Second-Class Citizen: A Case Study of the Institutionalized Oppression of Blacks in New Orleans by Andrew Stowe Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of Senior Independent Study Advised by: Dr. Ibra Sene History Department Spring 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements i List of Figures ii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: A Colonial City Built by Slaves 10 Chapter 2: Flooding, Yellow Fever Epidemics, and Post-Civil War New Orleans 18 Chapter 3: Segregation and Police Brutality during the Civil Rights Movement 29 Chapter 4: Reformation in the NOPD and Environmental Injustice in the 20th Century 45 Conclusion 62 Annotated Bibliography 64 Acknowledgements I would like to start off thanking my parents who not only funded my education but also acted as mentors when I was struggling, advisors when I need guidance and parents when I needed a little extra loving. -
HOMETOWN HERO on the Screen, Side by Side SEE END 8A ANDREA ROBINSON [email protected] New Audit Firm His Week, Sgt
Volume 95 Number 40 | MAY 23-29, 2018 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents MEMORIAL DAY Contentious meeting ends with proposal Brownsville residents have 30 days to give county, developer their thoughts NYAMEKYE DANIEL and item by item, was the list [email protected] of benefits for Liberty Square and the “proposed” benefits About 40 residents of the for Lincoln Gardens, the two Brownsville neighborhood communities that make up the sat in a recreational room in Liberty Square Rising rede- Marva Y. Bannerman Park. velopment project. They listened attentively as Edmonson stressed that Miami-Dade Commissioner what residents were view- Photos: Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer Myeshia Johnson holds her son La David Johnson Jr., 2, during a ceremony to unveil memorial stones for Miami Times staff/Nyamekye Daniel her husband Sgt. La David Johnson and seven other men from the 3rd Special Forces Group on May 22. A longtime Brownsville resident speaks at a Commu- nity Engagement Meeting regarding the Community Benefits Package for the Liberty Square Rising project May 17 at Marva Y. Bannerman Park. Honors for Audrey Edmonson spoke as ing were proposed ideas and she stood left of a projector that nothing was etched in screen with a powerpoint pre- stone. A 27-page hand out was sentation on May 17. a comparison between the HOMETOWN HERO On the screen, side by side SEE END 8A ANDREA ROBINSON [email protected] New audit firm his week, Sgt. La David Terrence Johnson’s North Carolina colleagues called his name several times. His photo was placed on a draws a debate placard along a 5K race path.