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• Bill advances to add protections for people whose offenses are triggered by domestic abuse

  April 15, 2026 12:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A substitute bill that would create protections for incarcerated survivors of domestic violence advanced in a Senate Judiciary committee meeting on Tuesday, but faced opposition from advocates arguing the new version would not be as effective as the bill originally proposed. Senate Bill 91, authored by... more »

• Governor OKs parole chance for killer; decades ago, co-defendants benefited from court's clerical error

  November 12, 2025 4:38 PM

  BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry says a Midwesterner sentenced to life in prison for the 1981 killing of a Baton Rouge man should be given a term of years and become eligible for parole. William Ollis, 75, had gone before the state Pardons Board in May and it... more »

• Parole board denies clemency for Todd Wessinger, death row inmate condemned for 1995 double murder

  November 27, 2023 9:29 AM

  UPDATE: The pardons and parole board has voted to deny clemency for Todd Wessinger. BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole on Monday will hear the pleas for clemency from five death row inmates, including a man who was convicted in the 1995 murders of... more »

• NAKAMOTO: Settlement reached in fight over death row clemency requests, lawsuits to be dismissed Play Video

  October 2, 2023 5:50 PM

  UPDATE: The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned Tuesday that District Attorneys and the Attorney General have reached an agreement with the Board of Pardons. Tuesday, Judge Don Johnson dismissed multiple lawsuits tied to the death row clemency hearings at their request. Lawyers representing the inmates said they would appeal. ... more »

• President Trump pardons former NFL franchise owner, Eddie DeBartolo Jr.

  February 18, 2020 12:11 PM

  CNN reports that President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday, granting clemency to Eddie DeBartolo Jr. DeBartolo is the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers with ties to Louisiana. In 1997, he stepped down as the team's owner when two Louisiana newspapers reported that he would... more »