Angola NewsLocal news for Angola, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.New Orleans legislator takes up inmates' cause- April 30, 2008 "Under this new governor's office, this new day, we are making sure we right the wrongs of yesterday" The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that he plans to hold a public hearing in the case of two New Orleans men who were kept in solitary confinement for 36 years at the Louisiana State ... via Times-Picayunehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/new-orleans-legislator-takes-up-inmates-cause?... Memory lane- April 24, 2008 "Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge, Photographs 1863-1910" Vintage photographs have a timeless allure: We carry them as souvenirs of the past and talismans to hold onto for the future, reminding us of where we came from and what we're going toward. via Times-Picayunehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/memory-lane?fromrss=1 Orleans judge sets July 15 execution date for Antoinette Frank- April 22, 2008 "She has a lot of litigation to go" Orleans Parish Judge Frank Marullo today signed a death warrant for convicted killer Antoinette Frank, the former police officer sentenced to die by lethal injection for the 1995 triple murder at a local ... via NOLA.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/orleans-judge-sets-july-15-execution-date-for-... Warden, former corrections chief testify in Angola slaying trial- April 19, 2008 "We are trained not to abuse inmates" Angola prison Warden Burl Cain and former state corrections chief Richard Stalder testified today that they neither ordered nor saw any inmates beaten after a 1999 hostage-taking that led to the death of ... via WBRZhttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/warden-former-corrections-chief-testify-in-ang... Motions Hearing for "Angola 5" Begins in St. Francisville- April 17, 2008 "We rushed and grabbed the door, kicked it down, and when we did, the one with the knife went for corrections officer and when he did, the tag team members shot him two times in the chest and once between the eyes." WAFB&39;s Cheryl Mercedes reports."); var headline = escape ; OpenWin ; var headline = escape ; OpenWin - In a Feliciana courtroom, a state prisoner testified Tuesday that he did not see Angola State ... via WAFB-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/motions-hearing-for-angola-5-begins-in-st-fran... Inmates Testify Guards Showed "Lot of Anger"- April 15, 2008 Four state prisoners have testified that Louisiana State Penitentiary officers beat them severely in the wake of the December 28th, 1999, slaying of security Captain David C. Knapps. via WAFB-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/inmates-testify-guards-showed-lot-of-anger?fro... Officials try to line up boat for prison workers- April 14, 2008 Officials don't expect operations at Louisiana State Penitentiary to be affected today , after a boat carrying prison workers collided with a barge on the Mississippi River. via KATC-TV Lafayettehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/officials-try-to-line-up-boat-for-prison-worke... Prison workers face long detour after river collision- April 14, 2008 Hundreds of prison employees in Louisiana are scrambling for a way to work today. via WAFB-TV Baton Rougehttp://www.topix.net/city/angola-la/2008/04/prison-workers-face-long-detour-after-river-co... |