May 15, 2017 06:16 am PDT
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Louisiana's public defender's office is largely nonexistent so poor people just plead guilty
Louisiana has always been a backward place for criminal justice, the only state in the union that funds its public defenders' office with conviction fees, leaving a public defender's office that averages $238 spent on each accused. (more…)
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