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		<title>Debtor’s Prison Is Back</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/05/15/debtor%e2%80%99s-prison-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The modern incarnation of debtor's prison is this: it's not the debt that lands you in jail...  it’s the unpaid cost of the creditor’s lawsuits that land you there. ]]></description>
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		<title>Next for Gun-Happy Vitter: Approve Gay Marriage?</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/05/07/next-for-gun-happy-vitter-approve-gay-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the tradition of The Clear Skies Act, Senators David Vitter, R-La., and John Thune, R-S.D, have introduced legislation that appears to have little or nothing in common with its title. The &#8220;Respecting States&#8217; Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act&#8221; intends to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons from state to state. This is [...]]]></description>
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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>A Shocking Fact About New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/04/24/a-shocking-fact-about-new-orleans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fact: The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Source Fact: Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the United States. Source Fact: New Orleans has the highest incarceration rate in Louisiana. Source The NOPD regales us with programs and statistics making plausible connections between bicycle theft and murder. They have told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs About Getting Arrested in New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/04/13/faqs-about-getting-arrested-in-new-orleans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing weather we are having and festival season has been so much fun, so far. Parades, live music, awesome food…  French Quarter Fest started Thursday (they added a day!), Crawfest is April 21, and a few weeks later we&#8217;re hosting Jazz Fest. Daiquiris in the sun and go-cups on the run&#8230;. I think it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder by Any Other Name: Trayvon Martin and the Law that Killed Him</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/03/28/murder-by-any-other-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it sometimes seem that as a society we’ve given up? That we’ve given up on the idea of the law, due process, and justice? Given in to fear and anger, and decided to institutionalize vigilante justice? The state of Florida seems to have abdicated its authority and bestowed upon its citizenry the right to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should NOLA.com Ban Anonymous Comments?</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/03/23/should-nola-com-ban-anonymous-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mencken1951&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;campstblue&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;legacyusa&#8230;&#8221; and &#8220;dramatis personae&#8230;&#8221; Will the real Sal Perricone please stand up? We&#8217;ve all been riveted by the unfolding drama surrounding federal prosecutor Sal Perricone, who resigned this week from his post with the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office. Perricone has publicly admitted that he is Mencken195, notorious and lofty commenter who has regularly blasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shocker: Football is a Hitting Sport</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/03/14/shocker-football-is-a-hitting-sport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the NFL too violent?  If you asked the fans who follow the sport and consider it a wholesome, all-American family activity, they would answer, “No.”]]></description>
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		<title>Adult in Every Way&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/03/05/adult-in-every-way/</link>
		<comments>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/03/05/adult-in-every-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you turn 18 you are expected to grow up. You are turned out into the adult world and you are expected to make your own way&#8230;. You have many choices. Get a job &#8212; join the workforce and become a contributing member of society. Or go to college &#8212; higher education is calling.  Or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serpas Hears the People</title>
		<link>http://nolacriminallaw.com/blog/2012/02/28/serpas-hears-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Townsend Myers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criminal Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas has been announcing and canceling so many programs that citizens of New Orleans have begun to question his leadership. On 2/14/2012 Serpas announced that the NOPD would begin attaching saucer-sized bright orange stickers to houses they have searched for drugs, whether or not drugs were found or arrests were made. [...]]]></description>
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