A legal quagmire without precedent

BRAD TOWNSEND and LEE HANCOCK
WWLTV.com

Louisiana State University law students discussed a multitude of legal issues Thursday – all sobering, many previously unimaginable. The key question: How will Louisiana's criminal justice system function in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath?

The Louisiana Supreme Court building was flooded, and many critical files and evidence boxes are presumably destroyed. Similar damage was incurred in city and district court buildings in neighboring parishes.

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