New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, then case gets tossed

Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by SomeStupidPoint on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:51PM (#15710147)

I'll be honest: I suspect that this is actually quite common and I have absolutely no idea how to fix it.

But I suspect that much like homelessness, step 0 is gathering an accurate, systemic level picture so we can even understand what we're trying to fix. Targeted treatments and good intentions aren't working -- we need a system level mechanism.

Ed:

I replied to a cached copy; leaving in case anyone raises the same point.

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Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by pas on Thursday November 16, 2017 @06:35AM (#15711882)

Local elections. Local police puts local folks into local jails. County jail is run by local people.

So the question becomes, what is the gamut of these jails? Are there facilities that are run well, on time, safely, etc..? What separates them from these hellholes? What's the context? What's the difference between those counties?

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