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Proposed Louisiana law would forbid anyone from staging a protest or other assembly outside someone's house, sparking debate over the First Amendment.

Louisiana residents will vote this November on amending the state constitution to remove this Jim Crow-era law and begin requiring unanimous jury verdicts.

The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals says no air conditioning is needed to provide comfort for Louisiana death row inmates.

Imagine the can of worms that would be opened if all NFL players started filing worker's compensation suits. It does seem kind of silly considering the type of money they make; until you consider that an injury can severely limit their future earning potential.

In a move that makes you want to say "YAY, justice system," a judge turned down confessed killer Brandon Scott Lavergne's attempts to withdraw his guilty plea.  He also pretty much turned down everything else Lavergne was asking for, too.

Just hours after the news broke that Brandon Lavergne plead guilty for the murders of Mickey Shunick and Lisa Pate, he found himself already in the Louisiana State Prison in Angola.

In probably the only move left to him, Brandon Scott Lavergne pled guilty today to the murders of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick and Lisa Pate.  And, in doing so, he revealed the heartbreaking story of how everything went down on that fateful night back in May when Shunick went missing -- and on another night in 1999 when he killed Lisa.

The court room saga continues as Casey Anthony went back to court today to find out what her sentence would be for lying to the Police.  Here is the latest: