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23 May 2006, 11:43 am
[JURIST] Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] Chief Judge Calvin Johnson has said that the city will resume holding criminal trials next week as the New Orleans court system continues to recover from Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 9:50 am by ACLU
The election for Orleans Parish district attorney on Nov. 3 is a historic opportunity to shape the city’s priorities on racial disparities in sentencing, prosecutorial practices, bail reform and help end mass incarceration. [read post]
30 Oct 2005, 11:17 am
The courthouse basement of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] held guns, drugs and other items that [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 12:47 am
[JURIST] Judge Arthur Hunter [JURIST news archive] of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] Wednesday suspended the prosecutions of 42 New Orleans indigent criminal defendants who had not been provided adequate legal counsel and ordered 16 of them released without bail. [read post]
14 Feb 2006, 12:06 am
Judges Calvin Johnson and Arthur Hunter of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [read post]
1 Sep 2006, 3:16 am
[JURIST] New Orleans Parish criminal court [official website] Judge Arthur Hunter Thursday deferred a threatened [JURIST report] review of prisoner records in anticipation of release which he earlier said he would begin [JURIST report] on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] Tuesday. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 8:17 am
The order, issued on Monday by judges with the Criminal District Court, said mismanagement of the Orleans Parish... [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 2:18 pm by Alicia Maule
For six months, Orleans Parish criminal district court allowed “low-risk” defendants to be released without bail. [read post]
9 Oct 2006, 12:24 pm
JURIST - Paper Chase: New Orleans judge releases four inmates stuck in Katrina trial backlog, Jurist - Paper Chase, Oct. 7, 2006: New Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] Judge Arthur Hunter on Friday released four inmates from jail who he claims were being held in violation of their constitutional right to adequate legal representation after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 4:35 pm
[JURIST] Judge Arthur Hunter [JURIST news archive] of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] issued a delayed order for the release and suspension of prosecution for as many as 42 criminal defendants Friday in light of the fact that the city's public defender's office [official website] does not have the resources to adequately represent the indigent suspects. [read post]
7 Oct 2006, 4:44 am
[JURIST] New Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] Judge Arthur Hunter on Friday released four inmates from jail who he claims were being held in violation of their constitutional right to adequate legal representation after the Hurricane Katrina disaster [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
31 Dec 2008, 1:33 pm
So reads this headline from the Times-Picayune.Judge Bigelow served 15 years on the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 1:33 pm by Steve Hall
Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro will hold a news conference Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. outside his headquarters at 619 S. [read post]
8 May 2007, 5:12 am
Judge Arthur Hunter [JURIST news archive] of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court [official website] told the defendants that while the charges are not being dropped, the defendants will not be further prosecuted [AP report] until they are able to retain lawyers [read post]
15 Jul 2017, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
Ludlow sustained extensive injuries because of his fall and in turn, filed a lawsuit against the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, Crescent City Connection Division (hereinafter “the State”) in Orleans Parish District Court. [read post]
15 May 2018, 2:30 pm
We appeared in court last week for the first hearing in our lawsuit, with partner Civil Rights Corps, against the Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s Office. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 4:49 am by SHG
  From the New York Times: Justice Kagan said she could not understand why the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office persisted in defending its conduct. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 7:45 am by Green
I spent last Friday--the second anniversary of the BP Blowout--in the vast basement of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court building, shifting in my metal chair, ignoring the talk-show chatter from the flat screens, and keeping an eye on the... [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 8:39 am
From The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune:Criticizing recent changes to reshape the Orleans Parish Indigent Defender Program, nine Criminal District Court judges Monday ordered the board overseeing the system to hire more attorneys to provide representation to impoverished criminal defendants. [read post]