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Criminal Justice
Asking why and how, and what needs to be done.
Chief public defender: Vote tomorrow for judges willing to back sentencing reform
Twenty-year sentences for non-violent, victimless crimes are both unjust and a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
Simple change could add $20 to traffic tickets in New Orleans, to benefit DA
District Attorney says flick of the pen would help his office; Criminal Court projects deficit this year.
Mayor, sheriff quietly end much-criticized per diem method for paying for prisoners
City says in January, it started paying Gusman a flat amount, though such an arrangement could run afoul of decades-old federal court order.
If elected judge, Ernest ‘Freddie’ Charbonnet pledges to create task force to remake juvenile justice system
Juvenile Court doesn’t leave children better off, he says.
Yolanda King says she would streamline Juvenile Court docket, seek alternatives to youth detention
She has been pulled from the bench until criminal charges are resolved, but she’s running for re-election.
Cynthia D. Samuel says she has experience, temperament for Juvenile Court judge
Over 23 years, she has handled thousands of Juvenile Court hearings and trials.
Niki Roberts would advocate for vocational training, mentoring for kids in Juvenile Court
Many children in prison-like facilities don’t belong there, Roberts said.
Desiree Cook-Calvin pledges ‘holistic’ approach if elected Juvenile Court judge
She would employ drug and mental-health counseling, parenting classes, and she’d make sure sentences are appropriate.
Jacqueline Carroll-Gilds says background as lawyer, registered nurse prepared her for Juvenile Court bench
She ran a mental-health agency for troubled youth for 11 years.
