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Yesterday | WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Justice Hall of Fame to induct 7

The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation will induct seven people, two posthumously, into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame in programs Friday at Angola and Baton Rouge.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Times-Picayune

Killer wins fight for TV Mass

Many convicted killers seek solace in the Lord in their final days, and Donald Lee Leger is among them.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Times-Picayune

Surge in capital cases slows in Jefferson Parish

After Louisiana reinstated the death penalty in 1975, Jefferson Parish juries sent 28 people to death row at Angola.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

KATC-TV Lafayette

Inmate, state settle religious access issue

The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Catholic faith.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

4 WWL-TV

Locals lose life savings in $7 billion Ponzi scheme

Texas financier R. Allen Stanford will spend at least one more night in jail, while a federal judge in Houston decides whether he should be released on bond.

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WCBS-TV New York

Caption Game Results For June 28

Jun 29, 2009 7:56 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 Inmates sit together as they prepare for the start of the Angola Prison Rodeo at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on April 23, 2006, in Angola, La.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Jailhouse links in La. focus of Golf Channel show

A golf course tucked among 18,000 acres in Louisiana's scenic Tunica Hills would seem an ideal vacation getaway if it was not on the grounds of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

WWL-AM New Orleans

Sequel to award-winning Angola documentary airs tonight

Ten years ago, the Warden of Louisiana's Angola prison allowed film crews to shoot inside the walls of the nation's largest prison for a full year.

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Wed May 27, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Daughter speaks out after father raped her 20 years ago

Gerald Barnes' disgusting acts date back to the 1960's, taking place in both Arizona and Louisiana.

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Tue May 19, 2009

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

24 year old cold case solved?

The brutal murder of a 19 year-old college student 24 years ago could be coming to an end soon.

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Sun May 17, 2009

Times-Picayune

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography at The New Orleans Museum of Art

"The Art of Caring," an exhibit tracing the stages of life through modern photographs by Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Eisenstaedt, William Wegman and many others, opens Saturday at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park.

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Fri May 15, 2009

Times-Picayune

the Art of Caring

An Afternoon Focus on Hospice: A panel of representatives from such groups as Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and Seasons Grief and Loss Center will share information on support services for terminal illnesses on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Only on Saturday, visitors also can view works by children who have ...

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Fri Apr 10, 2009

WBRZ

West Feliciana deputies help in Mississippi arrests

West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies assisted Wilkinson County, Miss., authorities Wednesday in apprehending five people wanted in two separate incidents, Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said.

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Sat Apr 04, 2009

News-Star

Old crime has new developments

Frank D. Bancroft walked into the West Carroll Parish jail nearly 21 years ago, killed a deputy and then released bothers Frank James Caston and Sonny James Caston.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Prison worker arrested in molestations

West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested a St. Francisville man accused of molesting two girls, including one who is now an adult.

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Wed Apr 01, 2009

Times-Picayune

WWL, Zurik win Peabody Award for NOAH stories

Channel 4 is one of 36 recipients of a George Foster Peabody Award , announced Wednesday by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Mon Mar 30, 2009

Chicago Indymedia

Father of former Black Panther inmate held at Angola prison dies.

Father of former Black Panther, Kenny Zulu Whitmore, currently held in Angola prison tragically dies after house fire Click on image for a larger version The father of Angola prison inmate and former Black Panther Kenny - Zulu' Whitmore has passed away after he suffered fatal injuries when his clothing caught fire from a heater, leaving much of his ...

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Mon Mar 16, 2009

The Daily Reveille

Nietzsche Is Dead: - Moral rehabilitation' case violates rights, laws

Every aspect of a prisoner's daily life is put under intense scrutiny and regulation.

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Sat Mar 14, 2009

NOLA,com

Acadiana juveniles committing adult crimes

The attorney for an Abbeville 16-year-old accused of murder says he must drive 80 miles to see his client in St.

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Thu Mar 12, 2009

San Francisco Bay View

It's time to expose the sexual abuse of inmates by prison employees: Reports from Angola and Ely

Many Americans were unaware of torture and rape of prisoners by guards until the photos from Abu Ghraib leaked out.

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