Forget Gitmo: Judge Proclaims Indigent Defense in New Orleans a “Legal Hell”

Posted by Alan Childress
Brian Privor has the story and links an article on the threat to release prisoners, and quotes from a Louisiana criminal court judge, on his carpetblogging site Do Not Pass Geaux:

How’s this for a judicial cold shower and pot of coffee: “Indigentdefense in New Orleans is unbelievable, unconstitutional, totallylacking the basic professional standards of legal representation, and amockery of what a criminal justice system should be in a Westerncivilized nation.” In short, it’s a “legal hell.”