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No Speedy Trial

Daniel takes a look into the indigent defender system in New Orleans where for years, the problems were so grave that very often defendants weren't able to get a competent lawyer to represent them. Now, however, there have been some changes that could produce momentous changes in the way justice is dealt for the poor in Orleans Parish. Daniel Zwerdling reports.

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