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Louisiana legislature panel approves New Orleans election plan under legal pressure
Members of a joint Louisiana House-Senate committee Monday approved a plan to set an April date for New Orleans city elections two days before US District Judge Ivan Lemelle was scheduled to hold hearings in a lawsuit challenging a December executi (More) |
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FBI finds post-Katrina fraud by public officials
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , according to a top agent in the affected region. John G. Raucci, FBI special agent in Mississippi, said that indictments would be handed (More) |
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New Orleans agrees to notice for home demolitions in lawsuit settlement
A federal district judge on Tuesday approved the settlement of a lawsuit and authorized the city of New Orleans to continue demolition of homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina , so long as homeowners are given advance notice. The settlement comes in (More) |
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New Orleans courts prepare to resume trials
A New Orleans judge said Tuesday that criminal trials in New Orleans could resume by March when the courts will try to deal with the 3,000 trials pending before Hurricane Katrina swept through the city. The first post-Katrina grand jury may conven (More) |
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Heeding MLK's Call to Action
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the memory and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) calls us from complacency and careerism to act against injustice and help the poor and the oppressed, (More) |
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New Orleans officials delay home demolitions while federal judge ponders suit
Officials in New Orleans have agreed to temporarily halt the scheduled demolition of thousands of private homes severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina until a federal judge decides if he will hear a legal challenge. Community activists originally fi (More) |
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More charges filed against Red Cross workers accused of Katrina relief fraud
Federal authorities have now indicted a total of 49 people for involvement in a scheme to fraudulently collect more than $200,000 from American Red Cross [organization website; press release] funds designed to assist Hurricane Katrina victims. The (More) |
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Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
US District Judge Ivan Lemelle Tuesday urged federal and state officials to work together and quickly set a date for the postponed New Orleans [official website; December 23 official situation report] mayoral primary elections at a hearing of a law (More) |
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US House subpoenas Pentagon documents on Katrina
The US House committee investigating the government's actions in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina issued a subpoena Wednesday commanding Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to turn over internal records on the Pentagon's efforts to stabili (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS - Judge orders FEMA to extend Katrina hotel stays
AP is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that FEMA cannot end its hotel accommodation program for hurricane refugees until Feb. 7, one month later than the agency had planned. Lawyers for Katrina victims launched a lawsuit [JURIST report; PDF (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
