JURIST - Paper Chase: New Orleans criminal court reopens nine months after Katrina. The Louisiana criminal justice system was never a paragon of efficiency and fairness, and the devastation of Katrina really had a huge impact. The court has a backlong of 5,000 cases.
When the Innocence Project conference was here, I heard a panel of speakers from Innocence Project New Orleans. It's overwhelming. One example: evidence rooms in the basement of the criminal courts building were totally flooded. One of the IPNO attorneys got an order to inspect and was allowed in with a mold specialist from Tulane -- wearing haz-mat suits.
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
New Orleans criminal court reopens nine months after Katrina
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