child cruelty case

Police in Shreveport are investigating after two young teens were found with heartbreaking injuries. As Child Abuse Prevention Month continues, authorities are urging the public to stay alert and speak up if something feels wrong.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Baton Rouge judge labeled a 25-year-old woman "sinister and despicable" before sentencing her to 40 years in prison in a 2009 child cruelty case involving her then-20-month-old stepson. The Advocate reports an East Baton Rouge Parish jury deliberated just 15 minutes Oct...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A state district judge has vacated the four-year prison sentence for a woman accused of cruelty to her children and ordered a new trial. KPLC-TV reports Judge David Ritchie on Tuesday said Jasmine Stanley's case should be retried, in part, because of ineffective assistance of counsel...