New Orleans Judge Orders Hearing On PD Funding Woes
Sometimes an aggressive judge can make a big difference.
Sometimes an aggressive judge can make a big difference.
There is a judge in New Orleans who doesn't want poor people to just go away. There is a judge in New Orleans who wants the larger community to not only see but also defend poor people who appear in his court. He hopes that if some prominent people have to get some skin in the game, maybe they won't be so eager to cut essential legal services to indigent defendants....
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