A district court judge awarded an attorney more than $50,000 last year. The lawyers who represented her are seeking nearly $135,000 for legal fees and costs associated with the multi-year suit.
Category: Criminal Justice
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City will appeal order to move forward with Phase III of New Orleans jail
Reform groups encouraged the city to appeal after a stern ruling by a federal judge.
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City, 911 board pursuing advanced records, data-sharing and analytics system for law enforcement
The contractor was selected without a public bidding process. And a local surveillance watchdog group has concerns about how it will be used.
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Prisoners over 70 in state-run facilities receive first round of COVID-19 vaccine
Some prison employees have received shots as well. No answers available yet on local pretrial detainees.
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Judge says city can’t get out of building new jail facility
The city of New Orleans was asking to be let out of an order to build the so-called Phase III facility, intended for inmate medical and mental health care.
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‘The system is at a breaking point’: New DA, public defenders work to reduce backlog of cases at Criminal District Court
Jason Williams is re-screening cases accepted by Cannizzaro’s administration, and public defenders say many low-level cases should be dismissed or diverted.
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New DA says ‘large swath’ of prosecutors from Cannizzaro administration will stay on
But Williams told The Lens he plans to shake up the leadership in the office.
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Final arguments made over whether city needs to move forward with Phase III of New Orleans jail
After Magistrate recommendation, city has said it is continuing work on the facility.
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Jason Williams sworn in as Orleans Parish DA, promising ‘justice that endures’
Williams says he will not use resources on low-level charges and will end the “win at all costs” culture in the DA’s office.
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Incarcerated people over 70 to start receiving vaccinations next week, governor says
The decision will mean that 489 people in prisons and jails will soon get vaccinated. Status of local pretrial inmates was not immediately clear.