Louisiana

February 14, 2017 (Fault Lines) – People probably aren’t surprised to hear witnesses regularly lie in criminal trials. But they might be surprised it’s not usually those slimy defense lawyers that put the liars on the...

February 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) — What the media chooses to report, and how it chooses to report it, is a real mystery.  Take this headline, for instance: 2 Metairie teens arrested in Baton Rouge motorcycle shop...

December 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) – The United States Department of Justice is the best of the best at violating your constitutional rights. An inside job is always most effective, so it’s not surprising the one...

November 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Back in May, Louisiana enacted the so-called “Blue Lives Matter” bill, which amended the Pelican State’s hate crime statute that enhanced the penalties of certain crimes if the victim was...

September 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Raul Delatoba may have the inauspicious honor of being the first person charged under Louisiana’s new “Blue Lives Matter” law, which makes certain crimes hate crimes when the targets are cops:...

September 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Raul Delatoba sounds like a jerk. At five in the morning, he started drunkenly banging on the window of a nice hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. When...

August 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) – There are interesting things at the intersection of blogging and criminal law. For example, Fault Lines. Or, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, a search warrant execution. Apparently, the Terrebonne Parish sheriff,...

July 25, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Indicted earlier this year, Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal implores the judge to return his gun due to the recent blue vs. black national mêlée. Having been indicted for his...

July 22, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If free speech has consequences, Iberia Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Louis Ackal is feeling them right now. After telling the world he’d like to shoot a “Jew Bastard” prosecutor between his...

July 10, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Nick Selby is one of the cops who takes his life into his own hands by questioning the herd. Even though he may not always ask the same questions you...