Gavel Grab » Louisiana Chief Justice Focuses Attention on Mass Incarceration
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson is speaking out, and organizing other voices to speak out, about possible reforms to lessen mass incarceration in the state, according to New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Jarvis DeBerry: “At a summit she convened Monday to discuss Louisiana’s scandalous distinction as the world’s foremost incarcerator of its people, Bernette Johnson, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, said that she had deliberately chosen the attendees. She wasn’t there to host a debate or to hear from folks who don’t want to move the state in a new direction. ‘We’re not here to convince anybody of the problem,’ she said. She wanted a discussion driven by people who are already convinced.” -
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