Happy Anniversary - You’re Still Behind Bars
A year after Katrina’s devastation, New Orleans Judge Arthur Hunter says it’s way past time to start releasing some of the more than 3000 prisoners who’ve been jailed since before the storm hit without ever seeing a lawyer or being actually charged with a crime. Hunter plans to begin reviewing cases today. "It's something the entire country should be concerned about," he told ROBERT CROWE of the Houston Chronicle. "If we're still part of the United States, and the Constitution still means something, why is the New Orleans criminal justice system still in shambles?".
Tulane law professor, Katherine Mattes, talks to AMY GOODMAN at Democracy Now about Hunter's controversial move.
And in a related development, law students are now working overtime to handle some of these cases, according to LIZA PORTEUS of Fox News.