PAC For Justice

THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW

Let's Flip The Bench

Whats At Stake

We Need To Transform The New Orleans Judiciary

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. This slate of candidates will treat all people with humanity, rely on smart, research-based solutions, and prioritize public safety over punishment.

They will transform what justice looks like in New Orleans.

The Slate

Graham Bosworth (#87) →

Criminal Court, Section D

Graham Bosworth has had a career devoted to seeking fairness for all. Even as an appellate attorney in the district attorney’s office early in his career, Bosworth was respected by defense attorneys and had a reputation as a prosecutor who did not believe in a win-at-all-costs mentality but in actually pursuing justice. He has spent much of the last decade as a defense attorney, opening his own law firm where he worked as a contract attorney with the Jefferson Parish Public Defender and as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Derwyn Bunton (#89) →

Criminal Court, Section E

Derwyn Bunton has dedicated his life to public service. Immediately after law school, he joined the staff of the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, helping lead a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional conditions of Louisiana’s juvenile prisons. He then became the Executive Director of what is now the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights. He went on to lead the Orleans Public Defender, helping shape that office into one that despite chronic underfunding has developed the reputation as one of the most respected public defender offices in the country.

Nandi Campbell (#92) →

Criminal Court, Section G

Nandi Campbell started her work as a public defender in Orleans Parish, helping the office establish itself in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She then left the public defender but not criminal defense, launching her own firm that continued to represent the poor and indigent. She also takes cases as a conflict attorney for both Orleans Parish and the Federal Eastern District of Louisiana’s public defender offices. In addition to her criminal defense work, she is an associate professor of law at Tulane University and an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law.

Angel Harris (#97) →

Criminal Court, Section L
Angel Harris became an attorney, inspired by Thurgood Marshall, to challenge systems of racism, sexism, and classism. Harris began her legal career as a public defender in Louisiana, first in Orleans Parish and then Calcasieu Parish. She went on to gain critical experience with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and ACLU’s Capital Defense Project.

Steve Singer (#100) →

Magistrate Judge

Steve Singer, who has over 30 years of experience as an attorney fighting for equal and fair treatment for all, led the effort to rebuild the Orleans Parish Public Defender in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He helped transform the office from one with just a few attorneys to a well-respected public defender’s office with more than 120 attorneys. He also has been a professor at Loyola Law School for more than ten years teaching criminal law and criminal procedure and served as the Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic there. He started his career as a trial lawyer at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

Teneé Felix (#111) →

Juvenile Court, Section F

Teneé Felix is running to be a juvenile court judge because of her belief that a safer New Orleans requires treating kids like kids, and not expanding the school to prison pipeline. Prior to law school, Felix volunteered with an at-risk youth program in the Boston area before later attending and graduating from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She then volunteered with Loyola’s Katrina Law Clinic and after graduation became a staff attorney with the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights. She has also served as a Louisiana Representative for the Southern Juvenile Defender Board.

Meg Garvey (#113) →

Municipal Judge

Meg Garvey is a career public defender whose first appearance in court was in the wake of Hurricane Katrina representing people who had been stuck in jail and denied access to courts. Besides representing her clients, Garvey has consistently been a vocal advocate for increasing public defender funding across Louisiana, helped author a report on the need to reform the bail system in Orleans Parish and Louisiana, and fought to raise the age of criminal liability so that children are not sent to adult jails. She is also a member of the executive board and the legislative chair of the Louisiana Association for Criminal Defense.

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The Change We Need

End the reliance on unaffordable money bail for all but the most serious of cases
End the routine detention of people for probation violations
End the trial penalty, which punishes people for longer sentences when they go to trial

Stop levying unnecessary fines and fees and work towards a court rule to prohibit such costs
Shorten sentences and look for alternatives to incarceration
Commit to improving court calendars so that people are not funneled through the system

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