New Orleans
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For New Orleans DA, Perjury Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Feb 14, 2017(Comments: 0)February 14, 2017 (Fault Lines) – People probably aren’t surprised to hear witnesses regularly lie in criminal trials. But they might be surprised it’s not usually those slimy defense lawyers that put the liars on the... -
Louisiana’s Blue Lives Matter Law Does Not Mean What Calder Hebert Thinks It Means
Jan 23, 2017(Comments: 2)January 23, 2017 (Fault Lines) — We’ve previously covered Louisiana’s Blue Lives Matter law, along with a couple of unsuccessful attempts to enforce it in New Orleans. Unfortunately, it appears that St. Martinville, LA police chief... -
New Orleans DA Continues Epic Temper Tantrum
Jan 5, 2017(Comments: 7)January 6, 2017 (Fault Lines) – From time to time, people get into pissing contests. One person irks another person and a grudge develops. Hopefully, most of us are grownup enough to leave it at that.... -
Do Blue Feelings Matter?
Sep 9, 2016(Comments: 0)September 9, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Raul Delatoba sounds like a jerk. At five in the morning, he started drunkenly banging on the window of a nice hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans. When... -
Cross: Derwyn Bunton, Fighting For The Poor Of New Orleans
Aug 3, 2016(Comments: 3)August 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross Orleans Chief Public Defender, Derwyn Bunton, who has taken a stand by refusing to take on defendants his office cannot adequately represent... -
Perjury & Policy: A Fine Line
Jun 2, 2016(Comments: 3)June 2, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A trial date has been set for two recanting witnesses. Just last week, Fault Lines contributor Matt Brown covered the details behind the baseless case against Jerome Morgan. In short,... -
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Killer Katrina Kops Edition
Apr 22, 2016(Comments: 1)Apr. 22, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — On April 20, a federal judge sentenced five former New Orleans cops for their roles in the September 4, 2005 shooting of six unarmed, law-abiding pedestrians on the Danziger Bridge,... -
Fault Lines Links – 4 Ex-NOLA Cops Sentenced In Danziger Bridge Killings
Apr 21, 2016(Comments: 0)Apr. 21, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Good morning folks. Your links today: Four former New Orleans officers Robert Gisevius, Kenneth Bowen, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon pleaded guilty and were sentenced to between 7 and 12 years... -
Constitutional Rights Do Not Depend on the Budget
Apr 12, 2016(Comments: 8)Apr. 12, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — In New Orleans, if you cannot afford a lawyer when you are accused of a crime, the Orleans Parish Public Defenders Office is appointed to represent you. You know, because... -
Fault Lines Links – 4 Ex-Cops In NOLA Seek Bond, Await Retrial For Post-Katrina Shootings
Mar 16, 2016(Comments: 0)Mar. 16, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Morning folks, the links today: The four former New Orleans cops awaiting retrial for the deadly shootings that occurred on Danziger bridge following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have asked the...