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WEBOct 21, 2021 · The Lens investigates how New Orleans has spent millions to expand its police surveillance powers in recent years, without any formal oversight or public disclosure. The project exposes the city's sprawling, decentralized and constantly changing surveillance apparatus, and the lack of transparency and accountability.
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Divergent rulings on how to treat old split-jury verdicts could …
WEBNov 11, 2021 · The Advocate series also showed how that legacy appeared to manifest in the modern day. Black defendants, they found, were still more likely to be convicted by a non-unanimous jury than white defendants, and Black jurors were more likely to cast dissenting votes in jury trials.
Louisiana policy intended to reform solitary confinement still …
WEBDec 15, 2021 · The Lens and The Intercept investigate how the new disciplinary sanctions matrix has not reduced the use of indefinite lockdown at David Wade Correctional Center and other prisons. They report on the cases of incarcerated people who face abuse, neglect and isolation for minor offenses.
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WEBKaren Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court.
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
WEBOct 21, 2021 · Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021. Clint Carter was suffering from diabetic nerve pain and waiting for a ride to the hospital when he was arrested in June 2018, he told The Lens later that year during a phone call from the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, about three hours northwest of New Orleans.