The Lens: Judges say DA gamed the numbers from bench
New Orleans – District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro picked a fight with Criminal District Court judges last month when he challenged them to double the number of jury trials to 600 a year. After all, he said, when he was on the bench for 17 years, he earned a reputation as a trial machine. But Cannizzaro’s impressive statistics as a judge were sometimes inflated, say two current judges, as well as …
Published Mar 2, 2011.
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