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Angola Prison Rodeo returns: Sell-out crowd and inmates enjoy 'convict poker', bull riding
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoANGOLA, LOUISIANA — It's been three years since Myron Smith has heard the roar of a rodeo crowd. In...
13 sentenced after drug trafficking ring investigation in Angola
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – An investigation into a drug trafficking network in Angola led to the...
Opinion: I witnessed an execution and regretted it. Now I’m not so sure
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAfter witnessing an execution at Angola prison in Louisiana, Jonathan Eig writes that he felt...
Dixie Mafia kingpin who ordered Biloxi judge, wife killed wants out of prison. Here’s why
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKirksey McCord Nix Jr. is serving life without parole for ordering the 1987 contract killings of a...
Houma man freed after 32 years in prison for murder advocates say he did not commit
The Courier via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Houma man convicted more than 30 years ago for a murder he swore he did not commit was ordered...
Pineville to breathe new life into one-of-a-kind Old Town Hall Museum
The Town Talk via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA visit to the Old Town Hall Museum in Pineville is like stepping into a time capsule of the city's...
Louisiana man's murder conviction, death sentence vacated with help from Minneapolis lawyers
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe slaying in the small town of Poland in central Louisiana in 1996 was horrific— a man, his sister, his sister's daughter and her infant son — all shot to death in their home. Law enforcement ...