Wednesday, April 20, 2005

To Be Poor and in Jail in Louisiana

Louisiana's indigent defense system is in absolute shambles. And, thanks in large part to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Louisana's Supreme Court is stepping up. How did it ever get this bad?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's really sad about the LA system is that the money for public defenders comes from traffic fines!. Traffic fines! I still can't get over it.

4/20/2005 6:58 AM  

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