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Gov. Edwards Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments on July 23, 2021

By Press release submission | Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021 @ 8:00am

Gov. Edwards Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments on July 23, 2021.
LACDL monitoring bill making domestic violence, sex assault acts admissible in civil cases

By Karen Kidd | Friday, May 20, 2016 @ 5:14pm

BATON ROUGE – Proposed legislation currently in the state House that would allow prior acts of domestic abuse, sexual assault and other offenses to be admissible in civil cases also includes provisions for criminal prosecution, an attorney who has testified before the Louisiana Senate about similar bills, said during a recent interview.
DA association backs bill aimed at troubled Louisiana Public Defender Board

By Karen Kidd | Saturday, Apr 30, 2016 @ 12:11pm

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Public Defender Board is under fire for how it funds defendant representation in capital murder cases and is the target of a state House Bill that would winnow its membership as the state's public defenders crisis continues to deepen.