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Sex Offender Registration for Sex Workers Ends in Louisiana

Crossposted from the Louisiana Justice Institute. Louisiana's era of forcing certain convicted sex workers to register as sex offenders appears to be over. [...Read more]

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Louisiana Civil Rights Activist Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison

On June 1, a week past her 31st birthday, civil rights activist Catrina Wallace was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. [...Read more]

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Jordan Flaherty

Controversy Over Baton Rouge Plan for Further Criminalization of Sex Workers

Crossposted from Justice Roars. [...Read more]

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Jordan Flaherty

Film Shows Dilemma Faced by Gulf Residents

byron_film_stillBy Laura Parker, AOLnews.com.

(Oct. 25) -- "With Katrina, we knew what we had to do," Marla Cooper, of Venice, La., says a few minutes into "Crude Justice," a new 17-minute film about the BP oil spill. "We rebuilt. But for this, how do we rebuild?" [...Read more]

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