Ned Randolph is a climate policy fellow with Invest in Louisiana, focusing on AI data centers and energy policy. He is also an author, environmental writer and adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans.
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
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