Judge removed from murder case with gang connection; prosecuted different member as ADA

BATON ROUGE – A judge presiding over a high-profile murder case involving a Baton Rouge gang was recused due to her prosecution of another gang member as an assistant district attorney.

Judge Louise Hines was recused from Gervea Ferguson’s second-degree murder case.

Ferguson was indicted along with three other people in the 2024 killing of Jonathan William. WBRZ previously reported that Ferguson is connected to the “Vultures” gang…

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