New Orleans judge will start releasing prisoners if trials put off much longer

JURIST - Paper Chase: New Orleans judge will start releasing prisoners if trials put off much longer. There is a backlog of about 6000 cases and a shortage of public defenders.

For more on problems in the justice system post-Katrina, see the National Legal Aid and Defender Association's magazine, Cornerstone, whose Summer 2006 issue (cover at right) is devoted to the topic.

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