Traffic filings in Louisiana decreased 48% from 2009 to 2019, declining every year during that time, says Rémy Starns, the state’s chief public defender. Traffic tickets are the primary source of local funding for public defense, so the decline shifts more of the cost to state taxpayers and left public defenders in more than half
Fewer traffic tickets leaves public defenders strapped for funding
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