By Mike Perlstein | WWL | July 1, 2019 NEW ORLEANS — About one-third of suspects booked with violent felony crimes in New Orleans are deemed low-risk to re-offend or miss court in a risk assessment survey used by the court to determine bail, but those assessments are often ignored by the magistrates setting bail,…
By Rob Masson | Fox 8 New Orleans | July 1, 2019 at 1:09 PM CDT – Updated July 1 at 5:43 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – The Metropolitan Crime Commission released a report calling the local inmate risk assessment program a waste of money Monday afternoon (July 1). “The Public Safety Assessment is…
By Amanda Roberts | June 24, 2019 at 9:42 PM CDT – Updated June 25 at 7:00 AM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – Walking across the stage, it appears Ashley Crawford did earn a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola university in 2016. But earning the degree doesn’t give you the license to practice law. Rafael Goyeneche with the…
By Heather Nolan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Criminal justice advocates look at New Orleans’ successful reduction in jail population — 1,200 inmates now compared to more than 6,000 pre-Katrina — as the first step in a movement toward reform. Now, they’re pushing for local policy changes that would eliminate money bail, a practice they say…
By Rob Masson | June 19, 2019 at 5:22 PM CDT – Updated June 19 at 5:59 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – The Metropolitan Crime Commission is revealing some startling statistics as they prepare a report on a prisoner risk assessment system that’s now drawing criticism. The city, which operates the system says it’s…
BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | STAFF WRITER PUBLISHED JUN 18, 2019 AT 11:42 AM | UPDATED JUN 18, 2019 AT 7:59 PM Wearing hooded sweatshirts to hide their faces and blue medical gloves that wouldn’t leave fingerprints, two men from Indiana barged into a CVS pharmacy on Prytania Street early Monday, bound two employees with…
“The absurdity of this defendant’s risk assessment speaks volumes about what is wrong with the criminal justice system in the City of New Orleans,” Cannizzaro said. Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 4:55 PM CDT June 18, 2019 Updated: 6:51 PM CDT June 18, 2019 NEW ORLEANS — The two suspects arrested in Monday’s…
By Grace Toohey and Lea Skene Rogers Johnson Jr. spent six days behind bars for misdemeanor public intoxication because he couldn’t afford to post bail. He was released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Saturday afternoon — just in time to spend Father’s Day with his three children. “I just want to hug them…
By David Blake | WWL | June 3, 2019 Juvenile crime has been talked about for months and it frequently makes headlines in New Orleans. Tonight, the new juvenile curfew takes effect and there are both skeptics and others optimistic it will work. Rafael Goyeneche, Director of the Metro Crime Commission, is hopeful this kind…
By Natasha Robin | Fox 8 New Orleans | May 23, 2019 at 5:25 PM CDT – Updated May 23 at 5:51 PM NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – With a juvenile crime problem escalating across New Orleans, Mayor Latoya Cantrell said one way to effectively stop it would be to create Evening Reporting Centers. “It’s a cooperative agreement…