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May 1 arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators followed a police action breaking up an encampment on campus. of 5

of 4 An Orleans Parish judge on Friday acquitted 14 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested and charged with a misdemeanor following a protest on Tulane University's campus.

The trial of Lawrence Hecker, a former New Orleans priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, is scheduled to begin Tuesday.

Citing disrespect from prosecutors, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Benedict Willard recused himself Tuesday morning from the case of Lawrence Hecker.

BY JOHN SIMERMAN and JILLIAN KRAMER | Staff writer A former FBI special agent who has faced sex-related charges in multiple parishes pleaded guilty Thursday in New Orleans to attempted rape.

Orleans Public Defenders this week made a case for how the agency would spend additional city funds next year, money it said will help meet the demands of the city’s growing criminal docket.

Donnell Hassell faces life in prison if a jury finds him guilty as charged.

The multi-million dollar deal appears to be the largest contract the agency has signed in years. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill

A New Orleans jury has convicted a man of killing his pregnant girlfriend in front of her three-year-old child. The jurors found Jermaine Brisco, 31, guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree feticide, obstruction of justice and cruelty to a juvenile in the 2016 slaying.

Prosecutors accused him of spitting on and slapping a woman in front of her child in 2019.