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	<title>Criminal Activity: Thoughts on a Life of Crime from NOLA Criminal Law &#187; NOLA Criminal Law</title>
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		<title>Top Three Ways to Avoid Getting Arrested at Jazz Fest</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/05/01/top-three-ways-to-avoid-getting-arrested-at-jazz-fest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 08:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: This was originally posted two years ago, and again last year around Jazz Fest time. I feel like it is worth trotting out again with some updated information, most importantly to note that you will now likely receive a summons for Municipal Court for most minor offenses in lieu of arrest. You will probably [...]]]></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>NOLA Mental Health Advocate Stepping Down</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/11/03/nola-mental-health-advocate-stepping-down/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/11/03/nola-mental-health-advocate-stepping-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Orleans Police Department Crisis Unit is losing an important asset. Cecile Tebo, who has spent the last seven years working for the unit battling the city’s mental health crisis with little funding and only a small group of volunteers at her disposal, is stepping down. Who will now handle the nearly 300 calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premature Adjudication</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/09/13/premature-adjudication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<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>From Bike Theft to Murder?</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/08/02/interrupting-the-cycle-of-crime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read an article in the Times Picayune which got me thinking about cycles of crimes: &#8220;NOPD approach to lesser crimes questioned by those focusing on murder rate.&#8221; At heart of the article is the NOPD&#8217;s focus on setting up stings for crimes such as bike theft and prostitution. As we all know, New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Learns That Education is the Answer</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/07/14/city-learns-that-education-is-the-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/07/14/city-learns-that-education-is-the-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of New Orleans may very well be on its way to showing that education is the key to lowering crime rates. The Times Picayune just ran a great article featuring local kids who’ve benefited from the one-on-one instruction at NOPLAY – “New Orleans Providing Literacy to All Youth” &#8212; an educational program dedicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice by Any Other Name</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/15/justice-by-any-other-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lost Manichean religion codified the idea that life is a battle between the forces of ultimate good and ultimate evil. A mere 2,500 years later we’ve begun to realize there’s some nuance involved in this conflict. We’ve begun to realize there’s a difference between troubled and criminal. Recently I blogged about strategies being used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inventor of Synthetic Pot Agrees: Legalize the Real Stuff</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/10/inventor-of-synthetic-pot-agrees-legalize-the-real-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/10/inventor-of-synthetic-pot-agrees-legalize-the-real-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scientist who invented synthetic marijuana, John W. Huffman, is telling ABC News what I advocated in a blog post recently, and what folks like NORML have been saying for decades: legalize marijuana. Now that “Spice” and other forms of imitation pot are sending users to emergency rooms across America, the retired professor has an idea of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prison Reform is a Money Maker</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/09/prison-reform-is-a-money-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/09/prison-reform-is-a-money-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life can be counter-intuitive. Case in point: the country that leads the international call for human rights also maintains the largest prison population. But that’s a good thing, right? Apparently not. In these tough economic times, as states look for ways to save money, lawmakers are reconsidering their notion of what constitutes a crime. Louisiana’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In New Orleans There May Be No Bail for You</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/03/in-new-orleans-there-may-be-no-bail-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2011/06/03/in-new-orleans-there-may-be-no-bail-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what way does Kentucky lead the nation in judicial reform? No, this isn’t a joke about Kentucky. In most states, your ability to get out of jail after a misdemeanor arrest was predicated on your ability to pay. In the 1970s Kentucky instituted a highly successful pretrial system that allows non-violent offenders pretrial release [...]]]></description>
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