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Saturday, March 19 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Defend the Poor and Fatherless, Do Justice to the Afflicted and Needy: Jews and Criminal Justice in New Orleans and the South

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We are instructed as Jews in many of our teachings to pursue justice. This panel will discuss why Jews have so often been attracted to justice-oriented fields and the impact of the Jewish presence in the Justice arena in the South. It will also address over-criminalization, poverty, Jewish norms, and the effects of all of these factors on the criminal courts.
Speakers
avatar for Simone Levine

Simone Levine

In August 2015, Simone Levine became the Executive Director of Court Watch NOLA, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that monitors New Orleans criminal courts. Simone served as both a prosecutor and a public defender before coming to Court Watch NOLA. Simone has also served as... Read More →
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Mercedes Montagnes

Mercedes received a JD degree from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, she worked as a student attorney for the Criminal Justice Institute and held summer internships with a civil rights attorney and the Public Defender’s Office in New Orleans. She then served as a law clerk in... Read More →
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Josh Perry

Josh Perry is executive director of the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights, a nonprofit law center that defends children in Louisiana's juvenile justice system. LCCR is the juvenile public defender in New Orleans, and it uses policy advocacy and impact litigation to build a fairer... Read More →

Saturday March 19, 2016 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Gates of Prayer -- Sanctuary 4000 West Esplanade Avenue South, Metairie, LA 70002
  Social Justice