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Reforming Criminal Justice (2017)
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This episode of the series "Louisiana Public Square" from May 24, 2017, features Bob Mann leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on the criminal justice reform package under consideration at the 2017 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature. A background report on the topic precedes the discussion. It includes interviews with Natalie LaBorde of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Pete Adams of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, Norris Henderson of Voice of the Experienced, and television journalist Bill Moyers. The audience members then discuss their views on what is working and what is not working with Louisiana's criminal justice system. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Secretary James LeBlanc of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections; Alanah Odoms Hebert, Deputy General Counsel with the Louisiana Supreme Court; District Attorney Bo Duhe of Louisiana's 16th Judicial District; and Elaine Ellerbe, the state director of Right on Crime. They discuss: their grade for the state's current criminal justice system; drug crimes; probation and parole; pri…
Directors & creators
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
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public broadcasting, AAPB, Louisiana Public Square
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