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The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana and Acadia Parish have settled a lawsuit over the conditions in the Acadia Parish jail. On behalf of several prisoners, the ACLU sued Acadia Parish and its Sheriff, Kenneth Goss, because the former jail was filthy, unsanitary, and overcrowded.
NEW ORLEANS - ACLU of Louisiana and the Tulane Law Clinic have jointly sued the New Orleans Police Department, Chief Warren Riley, and several officers for wrongful arrest and suppression of free speech, on behalf of two men who were arrested for filming police interaction with the public.
Today the ACLU of Louisiana has urged the City of Gonzales to vote down the proposed ban on sagging pants and clothing "not becoming" to a person's sex. According to ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie R.
NEW ORLEANS: Tulane Criminal Clinic and the ACLU of Louisiana today announced the favorable resolution of a lawsuit against New Orleans municipal court judges.
JENA, LA - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed concern about the possibility of racially-motivated unequal treatment in the Jena Six case, in which six black high school students were charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder for fighting with a white student la
NEW ORLEANS - Marjorie R. Esman has been named the Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana. Esman, an attorney, worked for many years as a volunteer cooperating attorney for the ACLU, was a member of the board of directors of the ACLU of Louisiana, and served as its representative to the AC