Calvin Duncan, wrongfully convicted for decades, wins New Orleans criminal court clerk race, aiming to modernize and protect ...

A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the ...

Over the objections of three justices, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from the sheriff of New Orleans in a ...

The Supreme Court's conservative justices were divided on whether to hear a case about the construction of a prison in New ...

Calvin Duncan became a legal expert while in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now, he's made history after a surprising New Orleans election.

Calvin Duncan is an innocent man who spent nearly 30 years of his life imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. He used this ...

Bernard Joseph and Marcus Hamilton are serving life terms for murdering a priest. Today, they are claimants in the New ...

Calvin Duncan spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Last week, he won the election for clerk of court in New Orleans Parish, a role he calls his dream job.

The Justice Department has so far transferred 10 of 37 former death row inmates to the nation's "supermax" prison, and it ...

At Angola prison, holiday meals once brought joy and mass food poisoning. How cornbread dressing sickened hundreds and why oversight still matters.