Maybe they need another hurricane to clean the place up again? How can it be that one in seven people is wanted in New Orleans???
well, you can read the full article by clicking the link, but rest assured. New Orleans has a plan to fix the problem. They are going to try to make 56,000 warrants go away like they never happened.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.c…-warrant-out-14462615.php
There are more than 56,000 outstanding warrants in New Orleans's Municipal Court, dating to 2002, according to city data. A staggering 1 of 7 adults in the country's 50th-largest city have a warrant out for their arrest.
Typically, the crime is failing to appear for scheduled court dates for minor, nonviolent offenses that do not carry a jail sentence, including panhandling and fishing without a license. (Two notable exceptions are battery and domestic abuse, which account for roughly 6 percent of all the warrants.) Anderson characterizes most of them as old nuisance crimes bogging down an already overburdened criminal justice system.
Now, a coalition of elected officials, local civil rights organizations such as Stand With Dignity and the public defender's office is proposing a more permanent solution - wiping out nearly all 56,000 warrants, in addition to any debt accumulated from fines and fees.
