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Author: Tom Gogola

About Tom Gogola
Tom Gogola covered criminal justice for The Lens from February 2012 to May 2013. He is a veteran journalist and editor who has written on a range of subjects for many publications, including Newsday, New York, The Nation, and Maxim. Gogola was a 2011 winner of the Hillman Foundation Sidney Award, for his groundbreaking report in New York magazine detailing regulatory waste in the commercial fishing industry.

Sheriff, council, administration want to change OPP financing

August 16, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

City adviser: Orleans Parish Prison likely will need more beds

August 13, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Mayoral panel studying OPP size to get new projections Monday

August 10, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

DA: Shifting misdemeanors helped justice if not budgets

August 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Day after critical report from IG, criticized judge takes time off

July 25, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

IG says Muni Court hired judge's relatives, building "dynasty"

July 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

NOPD has federal oversight; sheriff next? Holder won't say

July 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Councilwoman surprised by new jail talk; could house another 600

July 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Traffic court judge: Efficiency would cost too many city jobs

July 18, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Gambit nabs judicial notices, eyes more of T-P's ad revenue

July 13, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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