Posted by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. - Lake Charles, LA on 12/26/06

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Dennis Daniel Was Done Wrong!

Poor old Dennis Daniel waited in jail for over six
months for a trial; and then during the week of his
scheduled trial, the court did not even call a jury to the
courthouse so that he could have his day in court. So poor
old Dennis Daniel still languishes in jail, unable to make
bond and awaiting a trial which never seems to come. I do
not think it mattered that Dennis Daniel is Black. The
White guys did not get a trial either.

During the Jury Week of March 29, 2004, 68 felony
and capital cases were fixed for jury trial before one
judge in Calcasieu Parish, and the court did not even call
a jury to the courthouse.

Dennis Daniel was done wrong!

If the courts want to hold a defendant in jail on
a bond which he is unable to make, that's fine; but at
least give him a trial within a reasonable amount of time;
don't make him wait in jail for many months, or even
years, awaiting his constitutional right to a speedy and
public trial.

The Bill of Rights wasn't worth a dime to Dennis
Daniel.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, this 31st day of March,
2004.

Hardy M. Parkerson

Re: Dennis Daniel - Why Not?, 12/27/06, by Sandra House.

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