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	<title>Criminal Activity: Thoughts on a Life of Crime from NOLA Criminal Law &#187; Life of Crime</title>
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		<title>Guns Beget More Guns</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/01/31/guns-beget-more-guns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in a town as jaded by murder as New Orleans, there are acts of violence that still shock and enrage the public. The murder of the Good Samaritan Harry &#8220;Mike&#8221; Ainsworth who was gunned down in front of his children while trying to stop an early morning carjacking is one such case. The neighborhood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in Convicted Felons</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/01/24/investing-in-convicted-felons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tulane criminologist Peter Scharf is collecting data that suggests that increased services to convicted felons is good for society at large. Specifically, he is talking about increased mental health services, to accommodate the needs of the nearly 40% of the prison population that suffers from mental health issues. “Typically, guys are medicated while they’re in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOLA Criminal Law Cycles On</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/01/19/nola-criminal-law-cycles-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year running, NOLA Criminal Law is sponsoring the Hub Elite Cycling Team. The team, based in Athens, GA competes in elite level cycling events throughout the southeast. NOLA Criminal Law is proud to support and promote the sport of cycling, as well as to advocate for safe and responsible recreational/commuter cycling in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to Stop the Violence</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/01/17/trying-to-stop-the-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/?p=791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My twitter feed is blowing up: “Cops working several shootings in city at moment 1) Shooting Claiborne/Carrollton 2) Triple shooting on Elysian Fields 3) 1300 blk Columbus” “Nelson elementary in Gentilly on lockdown as cops search for gunman. At least one suspect fired gunshots. Three suspects in custody” “For those asking, we have 11 murders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different Kinds of Murder</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/01/09/different-kinds-of-murder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/?p=778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not all murders are the same. And the difference can often be found in the character of the victim. As the New Orleans murder rate cycles from epidemic to pandemic, Superintendent Ronal Serpas is trying to remind average, law-abiding citizens that their risk of getting murdered is very slim. He has made the decision to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Understanding of Murder?</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/12/02/a-better-understanding-of-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/12/02/a-better-understanding-of-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004, Milwaukee had 87 murders. This was unacceptable to the city so in 2005 they began a program that partnered law enforcement with community leaders to not only investigate these crimes, but try to understand the root causes for each individual murder. They had plenty of work to do as they looked into and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Quarter Graffiti &#8212; er, Crime Fighters</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/11/17/french-quarter-graffiti-er-crime-fighters/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/11/17/french-quarter-graffiti-er-crime-fighters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/?p=743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written recently about the NOPD program for preventing future felonies by cracking down on misdemeanors. The theory behind it is that a small percentage of the population is responsible for the majority of the crime and just diverting a few young people from pursuing this lifestyle can make a big difference in future crime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Leads Expedition Up&#8230; A Crime Summit</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/22/mayor-leads-expedition-up-a-crime-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/22/mayor-leads-expedition-up-a-crime-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told an audience of nearly 2,000 activists, students, officials and relatives of murdered children that over a six month period last year, &#8220;a student at John McDonogh was more likely to be killed than a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.&#8221; Over that period, five teenagers, all John McDonogh students, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premature Adjudication</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/13/premature-adjudication/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/13/premature-adjudication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/?p=622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The framers of the Constitution dealt with and were determined to prevent the tactics of tyranny. The Bill of Rights reflects this in that every mandate benefits the individual, usually by forcing government to follow strict procedures to protect these rights. When they wrote the Sixth Amendment guaranteeing a speedy trial, their intent wasn’t to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Con Job Fairs… It’s a Fair for All</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/09/ex-con-job-fairs%e2%80%a6-it%e2%80%99s-a-fair-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/09/ex-con-job-fairs%e2%80%a6-it%e2%80%99s-a-fair-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Americans love a redemption story… theoretically. We argue on chat boards for the right of athletes and actors to resume their multimillion dollar careers once they’ve “paid their debt to society.” Yet for those who didn’t win the genetics lottery we simply complain about recidivism, our own safety and then we build more prisons. [...]]]></description>
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