With Louisiana leaders intent on first execution since 2010, DA obtains death warrant

 By Greg LaRose

A Rapides Parish man could be the first person Louisiana puts to death in 15 years after the district attorney there obtained a warrant Monday for his execution.

Larry Roy has been on death row since his 1994 conviction for double murder in Cheneyville. Police said Roy attacked his ex-girlfriend, Sally Richard, and her ex-husband, Freddie Richard Jr., with a knife in front of her two children. The woman and her children survived, but Roy killed her aunt, Rosetta Salas, and Freddie Richard Jr.  

Order to Drop Charges Against NYC Mayor Among 'Most Openly Corrupt Writings I've Seen on DOJ Letterhead'

 By Jake Johnson 

New York officials, lawmakers, and activists expressed fury on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Department instructed prosecutors to drop federal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move seen as an overtly corrupt deal aimed at giving the White House free rein to attack the city's immigrant communities.

A SECOND LOOK

 words by Charles Brooks 

There is an opportunity for state legislators to fundamentally shape the criminal justice system in Maryland after years of high rates of racial disparities caused by mass incarceration, and the over-criminalization of Black folks.  Consider that Black people make up an incredible 71% of the prison population while 30% of the state population are Black folk.