Mayors are presiding over their town courts despite guidance saying they shouldn’t
by Samantha Sunne, Dannah Sauer and Lee Zurik, WVUE-TV
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If you break the law in many small towns in Louisiana, the mayor could be your judge. The arrangement is ripe for conflict of interest.
Amid questions about how he ran his court, the mayor of the tiny village of Fenton, Louisiana, recently decided he would no longer serve as the town judge. Читать дальше...