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By: Ange Toussaint BATON ROUGE, La. — A controversial bill that would have repealed compensation for wrongfully convicted people in Louisiana is no longer moving forward after facing intense opposition from legal advocacy groups. House Bill 673, authored by state Rep. Nicholas Muscarello, R-Hammond, sought to eliminate the state’s wrongful conviction…

Author: Alyssa Curtis / WWL Louisiana NEW ORLEANS — Wilbert Jones spent nearly all of his adult life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. At 19 years old he was arrested and convicted of a rape he knew nothing about. He spent nearly 46 years incarcerated. When he was…

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it would vest more power over the process with the attorney general’s office.

By Lindsay Mack|St. Charles Avenue May 2025 Founded in 2001, Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) is one of the oldest and most successful innocence organizations in the United States. The nonprofit team works to free innocent people who were unjustly sentenced to life in prison, as well as support their transition…

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it would vest more power over the process with the attorney general’s office.

By Meghan Friedmann Louisiana lawmakers are debating whether to amend or do away with a law that allows people who were wrongfully convicted to seek compensation from the state. A state law passed in 2005 gives people whose sentences were vacated or reversed the chance to prove their innocence before a judge…

Author: Alyssa Curtis / WWL Louisiana BATON ROUGE, La. — Inside the walls of the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), photos line the hallways—images of men and women finally embracing loved ones after years of wrongful imprisonment. Over the past 24 years, the nonprofit has helped free or exonerate 75 people.…

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it would vest more power over the process with the attorney general’s office.

As the state resumes executions of death row prisoners, a bill in the legislature aims to cut back on the time people convicted of crimes can spend trying to reduce or overturn their sentences, and it would vest more power over the process with the attorney general’s office.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – For Malcolm Alexander, a decades-long battle might finally be coming to an end. “Actually, tears came to my eyes. I felt that it’s finally all over with,” Alexander said. Alexander spent 38 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He was released in 2018,…

LIFE INSIDE My Brother Was Wrongfully Convicted for Murder. 20 Years Later, So Was My Son. Although it was a coincidence, I knew it wasn’t a mistake. What Louisiana was doing to men like my brother Elvis and my son Cedric was intentional. By EARLINE BROOKS COLBERT, as told to JAMILES LARTEY From…

John Thompson – better known as JT – was a friend of IPNO’s office who shaped who we are today. In 1984, JT was arrested for crimes he did not commit. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to death after the prosecutors in his case deliberately withheld blood evidence showing…