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local courts reform law
Coverage of local courts reform law in the Nexus archive.
- A grand jury indicts Louisiana’s attorney general in a fight over changes to the local courts
A grand jury indicted Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on criminal charges for allegedly threatening local officials who opposed a law to overhaul local courts. The law eliminated the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk position after Calvin Duncan, a man wrongfully imprisoned for decades, was elected to the role with 68% of the vote.