A special prosecutor has dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
Louisiana’s attorney general has been indicted over accusations she threatened the jobs of New Orleans leaders who fought a Republican-led overhaul of local courts in the heavily Democratic city.
People who are wrongfully incarcerated then exonerated, sometimes after spending decades behind bars, face yet more challenges finding jobs and rebuilding their lives after their release.
A down-ballot race for New Orleans clerk of criminal court has turned contentious as candidate Calvin Duncan faces attacks over whether he was truly exonerated for murder.