Posted by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. on 9/05/06

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Dear Counsel.Net Friends,

In Louisiana we have a serious problem that nobody
seems to care about. Nobody that is, but me and the
thousands of men and women sitting in jail, unable to make
bond, and awaiting a trial which never seems to come.

For example, just today in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana, there were a total of 317 felony and capital
cases set for trial in two courtrooms before two judges.
That is an average of 158 defendants per judge and per
courtroom; and since the courtrooms are small and are
right across the hall from each other, there were wall-to-
wall, shoulder-to-shoulder people, not only in the
courtrooms, but also standing in the aisles and in the
second-floor lobby and in the hallway of the local
courthouse. The jury boxes were filled with defendants,
and a lawyer could not even find a place to sit in the
courtroom, even in the audience, much less inside the
cousel rail. And get this! I will report later whether
or not either one of the two said judges and courtrooms
holds even a single criminal jury trial this week.

The Criminal "Justice" System has broken down in
Louisiana, and nobody cares. Nobody! Oh, yes! Nobody but
me and the thousands of men an women in jail, unable to
make bond, and awaiting a trial which never seems to come.

I visit prisons all the time.
They're filled with men
Whose greatest crime
Is that they haven't got a dime.

They languish in their prison cells,
Unable there to make their bails;
For the higher that their bonds are set,
The more money the judges get.

Presumed innocent, they serve their time;
Are not convicted of a crime;
But despairing in their prison cell,
They plead guilty to GET OUT OF JAIL.

And so, my friends, as you can see;
That's not the way it's s'posed to be!
But sorry to say, it is a fact,
That's the way it is in Louisianiraq.

And this is the tip of the iceberg. Please, please,
please, America! Help us down here in Louisiana! Call
upon President Bush and the Federal Government to take
over and run the Criminal Justice System in Louisiana,
like it once took over and ran for years the Louisiana
Prison System.

There is more to it all than this, but this is something
to think about.

Sincerely,

Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
Ronald Reagan Democratic Candidate for Governor of
Louisiana (The Arnie Schwarznegger-Kinky Friedman
Candidate for Governor, taking back the Nation for the
Taxpayers and reforming the legal and judicial systems,
one state at a time.)

Re: Criminal Law in Louisiana, 9/12/06, by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. - Ronald Reagan Democrat for Governor.

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