Courts Two New Orleans judicial candidates take leads in bar association poll BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Mar 6, 2018 The election is not until March 24, but the lawyers have already spoken. Local attorneys gave two of their own the nod for judicial elections …
+3 Politics Appeals court race pits longtime civil court clerk against criminal court judge BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Feb 27, 2018 Many voters in New Orleans had not yet been born when Dale Atkins won her first race for clerk of Civil District Court in 1989.
Courts Lawsuit aims to knock Robin Pittman off ballot in 4th Circuit Court of Appeal race BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Jan 16, 2018 A lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish Civil District Court takes aim at the candidacy of 4th Circuit Court of Appeal hopeful Robin Pittman.Â
+2 Crime Police Chelsea Thornton, mother who killed 2 young children, found not guilty by reason of insanity BY HELEN FREUND | hfreund@theadvocate.com Aug 11, 2017 Chelsea Thornton was not legally sane when she made the decision to shoot and kill her 3-year-old son and drown her 4-year-old daughter, an Or…
Crime Police Judge expected to deliver Chelsea Thornton verdict Friday morning BY HELEN FREUND | hfreund@theadvocate.com Aug 10, 2017 A judge must now decide whether Chelsea Thornton was sane when she shot her 3-year-old son and drowned her 4-year-old daughter inside their ap…
Courts Judge blocks some testimony on mental state of murder suspect Chelsea Thornton BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Aug 4, 2017 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge on Friday blocked some evidence about the mental state of an alleged killer from being introdu…
Courts Judge allows Chelsea Thornton, accused killer of two children, to waive trial by jury BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Jul 18, 2017 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge will allow a woman accused of killing her two children inside a dilapidated Gert Town apartmen…
Courts Judge Madeleine Landrieu to resign at end of June, triggering spring election to fill seat BY MATT SLEDGE | msledge@theadvocate.com Jun 13, 2017 Judge Madeleine Landrieu says she will submit her resignation at the end of June, a decision that has prompted speculation that she is seeking…