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Louisiana Indigent Defendants Face Death Penalty Without Lawyers

The indigent defense crisis in Louisiana continues, but it is now taking a new and more ominous direction. To fund local public defenders, the state has taken $3 million from capital defenders, leaving at least 11 Louisiana defendants who are facing the death penalty without a lawyer. New Orleans Chief Defender Derwyn Bunton’s decision to

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