Let's Flip the Bench

CHIP IN TO FLIP THE BENCH IN NEW ORLEANS

For too long, judges in New Orleans have come out of the old tough-on-crime throw-them-away prosecutor's office. They have had strong ties to the bail bond industry and have put profit over people, levying fines and fees to pad their own budgets. They have put innocent people in prison, imposed years of incarceration on those who committed low-level, non-dangerous offenses, and have meted out unequal justice to Black people.

Electing these seven public defenders will bring fairness, justice and equality to the legal system, to transform what justice looks like in New Orleans.