Choose Your Truth

Episode 2

Published May 1, 2019

When Johnny Primeaux got stuck in traffic on his way to his pre-trial hearing in 2016, the district attorney, Keith Stutes, had been in office for one year.  Due to a complicated tax code and economic downturn in Big Oil the funding for public defenders was cut by $900 million across the state of Louisiana. That day, when Johnny showed up ten minutes late to his pre-trial hearing, the 15th JDC was $800 thousand in the red and they had to lay off half of their public defenders.  

“We are going to be in a situation that I think will be near catastrophic,” said Stutes. "Justice delayed is justice denied." 

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