Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss a current lawsuit involving Angola Farm Line workers fighting against harsh working ...

A court hearing in Baton Rouge provided a rare window into working conditions on Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line," ...

It is a fate most people could never imagine: Locked up for decades for a crime you didn’t commit.Now, some state lawmakers - ...

Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose ...

FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas ... Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had ...

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man ... Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas ...