They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners' Petitions. No One Listened.

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They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners' Petitions. No One Listened.

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-judges-ignored-prisoners-petitions-without-review-fifth-circuit

The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expose the decadelong injustice went unheard.

They Tried to Expose Louisiana Judges Who Had Systematically Ignored Prisoners' Petitions. No One Listened.

The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expose the decadelong injustice went unheard.