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    • June 29, 2006

    New Orleans Criminal Justice System in Need of an Overhaul

    Filed under: personal injury law — @ 5:35 pm

    Hurricane Katrina has exposed long-neglected flaws in the city’s criminal justice system. Many public defenders have been laid off because of a lack of funding and thousands of prisoners go months without ever seeing a lawyer. Several changes to the system including a plan to provide more funding could help jumpstart a program in desperate need of assistance.  Sharon Cohen, PhillyBurbs.com  06/24/2006

    Tags: personal injury law

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    One Response to “New Orleans Criminal Justice System in Need of an Overhaul”

    1. Jaime in Metairie Says:
      June 29th, 2006 at 6:16 pm

      Here in New Orleans, I heard a judge on the radio a few weeks ago asking for volunteers to come in for jury duty. If someone had missed their report date he said they could show up any time (please, just come).

      We still have lots of problems going on.

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