Court Watch NOLA says 'slow motion' district attorneys clog courts with old cases

New Orleans CityBusiness | October 26, 2007| | Copyright

Court Watch NOLA has monitored 300 cases in the New Orleans criminal justice system in its first four months.

Only four of those cases went to trial and two were for the same case after a trial ended in a hung jury.

It gets worse, said Karen Herman, coordinator of Court Watch NOLA.

More than 68 percent of the time, court watchers observed cases rescheduled for another day through continuances.

"Turnover and attrition" within the district attorney's office were the primary cause of the delays, according to Court Watch.

Five of the eight prosecutors have quit the Violent Offenders Unit since ...

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