re: Potential changres in public defense system in LA

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He appoints a minority of the board members, so I don't think he can actually do that.

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That’s the threat. I was told Landry is allowing the bill as a last chance to fix the public defenders office. It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, but I heard this directly from someone in the state pd office so I assumed it was credible.

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Siunds like a constitutional issue. And is another fine example of how Baton Rouge has too much power.

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I agree with both of your points. I know people were testifying about this at the capitol today, but I’ve been too busy to really follow it. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.