Cutbacks in public defenders office means defense lawyers often don’t make it to hearings.
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Live blog: 2 companies vie to monitor reforms to New Orleans Police Department
A committee meets at noon to choose between Hillard Heintze and SheppardMullin.
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Finalists to monitor NOPD subject themselves to public scrutiny on Monday
The feds have a favorite and so does Mayor Landrieu. Can they find common ground?
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Angry sheriff takes the stand, later accuses mayor of ‘Archie Bunker’ tactics
Gusman says he signed the consent decree after the city refused his 2013 request for an extra $15 million.
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Schizophrenic inmate tells court about jail violence; Gusman testifies Thursday
Deputy mayor and judge clash over whether the city was included in consent decree negotiations.
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Guns, drugs, gambling, violence: Video shows out-of-control Orleans prison
Jail security is a study in “total dysfunction,” testified expert witness Manuel Romero.
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Continuing live blog: Consent decree hearing on Orleans Parish Prison
On Wednesday, testimony concerned the city’s involvement in the negotiations over the consent decree and conditions in the mental health unit. Sheriff Marlin Gusman will testify Thursday morning.
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Sheriff: Landrieu’s gloom-and-doom consent decree figures are inflated
Gusman disputes $22 million-a-year for five years, cited by mayor.
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Pro-business organizations sponsor expense-paid seminars for federal judges
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier, who is presiding over the BP civil trial, attended a seminar sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute. Critics say these privately funded conferences serve judges a steady dose of free-market, anti-regulation lectures that could influence their rulings.
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‘Emergency’ meeting on jail reform raises questions about notification
Mayor Landrieu will paint a grim picture of financial impacts if city is forced to cover costs of the federal consent decree.