Thursday, April 19, 2007
N. O. JUDGE WILL NOT PROSECUTE POORLY REPRESENTED INDIGENT DEFENDANTS
The New Orleans Times Picayune reports, "In a ruling in which he chastised the Louisiana Legislature for continually failing to adequately finance the state's public defender systems, Criminal District Court Judge Arthur Hunter on Wednesday halted the prosecution of 42 indigent defendants and ordered the immediate release of any who remain in jail."
We referenced this case in our March 30, 2007 post. We are curious as to whether this decision will have any impact on developments in South Carolina.
The New Orleans Times Picayune reports, "In a ruling in which he chastised the Louisiana Legislature for continually failing to adequately finance the state's public defender systems, Criminal District Court Judge Arthur Hunter on Wednesday halted the prosecution of 42 indigent defendants and ordered the immediate release of any who remain in jail."
We referenced this case in our March 30, 2007 post. We are curious as to whether this decision will have any impact on developments in South Carolina.
