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Defeated Bill Means New Orleans Juvenile Court Keeps its Six Judges
By jjie.org - James Swift
Published: 06/07/2013

The six judges on the New Orleans juvenile court bench can stop updating their resumes. State legislation proposing to cut their number by two was narrowly defeated Tuesday in a committee vote.

The proposed measure, House Bill 607, was a reaction to a recent recommendation from the state Supreme Court that one juvenile court judge would be sufficient for the city of New Orleans because of reduced workloads. The bill, defeated by a 3-2 Senate committee vote, would have reduced the Orleans Parish juvenile court bench from six judges to four.

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