Officials on Wednesday repeated several of the false and misleading statements that the Cantrell administration has used to sell the proposal to the public.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could overturn at least 1,500 split jury verdicts in Louisiana. But in Orleans Parish, hundreds convicted by a 10-2 jury may not have to rely on a court ruling, under pledges from Williams, Landrum.
At least one court staff member and one attorney with the public defenders office have tested positive.
The program provides crossing guards and trains P.E. teachers to educate students on traffic safety.
A last-minute budget amendment will help the office hire outside attorneys to handle some cases. But lower ticket and fee revenues — and a growing backlog from COVID-19 court closures — are still causing problems.
Losing the support is anticipated to reduce city’s daily testing capacity by several hundred.
Cases in schools tripled last week as officials urged caution over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Cantrell administration and library officials have come out strong in favor of a package of ballot initiatives that would cut the library budget by 40 percent in favor of housing and economic development. And they have repeatedly made false and misleading statements about the proposal.
NOPD using facial recognition software. Religious schools facing additional legal scrutiny after taking PPP loans. And non-unanimous jury verdicts — we haven't quite gotten past them.
The budget passed Thursday increased the public defenders allocation from the city by $1.8 million more than the mayor originally proposed
