Report: Prosecutor jailed crime victims to enforce testimony

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Report: Prosecutor jailed crime victims to enforce testimony
Janet Mcconnaughey, Associated Press Updated 4:55 pm, Tuesday, April 11, 2017


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans prosecutors jailed at least six crime victims to make them testify last year, including a rape victim who was held for eight days, according to a new report.

Judges approved at least nine other material witness warrants for victims, but those people couldn't be found, Court Watch NOLA, which advocates for change in New Orleans' judicial system, said in its annual report.

"The decision to apply for a warrant to arrest a non-cooperative victim should not be made lightly," said the report released Tuesday. It noted that Houston District Attorney Kimberly Ogg promised never to jail a victim for refusing to cooperate with prosecutors.

"Her predecessor incarcerated a rape victim and the victim had a mental breakdown while testifying against her aggressor in court," the report said.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Report-Prosecutor-jailed-crime-victims-to-11066355.php

[gopiscrap]

1. Hope that pig gets his ass nailed

if that happened to me, I would suddenly get amnesia

[Chicago1980]

2. Skewered

[Doreen]

3. I would develop a sudden drooling problem and also a sudden bout of

Tourette Syndrome.

[murielm99]

4. I can't imagine

being a rape victim and then being jailed. If she did not sue, she should. That would never make up for the pain, but she should do it anyway.