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Apr 2020
Cannizzaro

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Singleton v. Cannizzaro

The 桃子视频Trone Center for Justice and Equality, 桃子视频of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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14 Louisiana Cases

Past Due Bill
Louisiana
Aug 2017

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Ayo v. Dunn et al

For years, people arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish who appeared before Judge Trudy White have been jailed unless they pay a $525 fee to a private corporation called Rehabilitation Home Incarceration (鈥淩HI鈥). This fee is paid by each person for their own pre-trial release. This fee is paid in addition to any bail amount required by the judge as a condition for that person鈥檚 release. This has been going on for at least three years in the parish.
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Louisiana
Aug 2017
Past Due Bill

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Ayo v. Dunn et al

For years, people arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish who appeared before Judge Trudy White have been jailed unless they pay a $525 fee to a private corporation called Rehabilitation Home Incarceration (鈥淩HI鈥). This fee is paid by each person for their own pre-trial release. This fee is paid in addition to any bail amount required by the judge as a condition for that person鈥檚 release. This has been going on for at least three years in the parish.
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Money and US flag
Louisiana
Jan 2016

Criminal Law Reform

Yarls v. Bunton

The 桃子视频Criminal Law Reform Project has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of criminal defendants in Orleans Parish who are unable to afford an attorney. The suit attacks Louisiana鈥檚 chronic underfunding of its public defender system.
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Louisiana
Jan 2016
Money and US flag

Criminal Law Reform

Yarls v. Bunton

The 桃子视频Criminal Law Reform Project has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of criminal defendants in Orleans Parish who are unable to afford an attorney. The suit attacks Louisiana鈥檚 chronic underfunding of its public defender system.
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Lane v. Sabine Parish School Board
Louisiana
Mar 2014

Religious Liberty

Lane v. Sabine Parish School Board

The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Louisiana have filed a federal lawsuit against a public school in Sabine Parish that harassed a non-Christian student and has a long history of proselytizing students and promoting religion. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two parents, Scott and Sharon Lane, and their three children, including their son, C.C., who is a Buddhist of Thai heritage.
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Louisiana
Mar 2014
Lane v. Sabine Parish School Board

Religious Liberty

Lane v. Sabine Parish School Board

The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Louisiana have filed a federal lawsuit against a public school in Sabine Parish that harassed a non-Christian student and has a long history of proselytizing students and promoting religion. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two parents, Scott and Sharon Lane, and their three children, including their son, C.C., who is a Buddhist of Thai heritage.
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Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession
Louisiana
Oct 2012

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Capital Punishment

Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession

Damon A. Thibodeaux was exonerated in 2012 after 15 years on death row in Louisiana. DNA and other evidence proved he did not commit the crime of raping and murdering his young cousin to which he originally confessed. His confession came at the end of nine hours of police interrogation; he was exhausted when it began and beyond confused by the time he issued a confession riddled with mistakes of fact, and containing only information he had received from the police or conjecture.
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Louisiana
Oct 2012
Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession

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Capital Punishment

Damon Thibodeaux: A Case of False Confession

Damon A. Thibodeaux was exonerated in 2012 after 15 years on death row in Louisiana. DNA and other evidence proved he did not commit the crime of raping and murdering his young cousin to which he originally confessed. His confession came at the end of nine hours of police interrogation; he was exhausted when it began and beyond confused by the time he issued a confession riddled with mistakes of fact, and containing only information he had received from the police or conjecture.
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Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011

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Women's Rights

Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board

On September 8, 2009, the 桃子视频Women's Rights Project and the 桃子视频of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2011
Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board

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Women's Rights

Doe v. Vermilion Parish School Board

On September 8, 2009, the 桃子视频Women's Rights Project and the 桃子视频of Louisiana filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Louisiana challenging the Vermilion Parish School District’s illegal sex segregation policy. The lawsuit charged that mandatory sex segregation in public schools violated Title IX of the Education Amendments, the Equal Education Opportunities Act and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a parent whose two children were placed in sex segregated classrooms without being offered equal coeducational options as required by law.
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