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• Foundation donating $75,000 to families of BRPD officers shot in line of duty

  May 5, 2020 11:52 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced Tuesday it is donating a combined $75,000 to the families of two police officers shot by a murder suspect last month. BRAF says it is giving grants of $50,000 and $25,000 to the families of Glenn Hutto Jr. and Derrick... more »

• Lawyers don't have enough money to defend accused cop-killer in death-penalty case

  November 22, 2017 7:44 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- The man accused of killing New Orleans Police Officer Marcus McNeil was in court Tuesday, but instead of being arraigned, the court is now scrambling to find attorneys to represent him. WWL-TV reports that facing the possibility of the death penalty for first-degree murder of a police... more »

• DA ends quest for death penalty in 1993 officer killing

  July 1, 2016 10:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Kevan Brumfield, convicted of first-degree murder in the 1993 shooting death of Cpl. Betty Smothers and wounding of store manager Kimen Lee, will not be put to death by the state. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month shot down Moore's request for further proceedings on... more »