Article by Pamela R. Metzger
This Article explores one Katrina-law problem: the plight of the poor, unrepresented, and uncharged prisoners. It attempts to explain why these detainees were unrepresented and abandoned and how we might better guarantee the quality of justice for future detainees. Katrina has proved that bright-line rules are the best lines of defense for the poor; criminal justice systems honor concrete rules more readily than abstract imperatives. Katrina also proved that good lawyering on behalf of poor people can bring joy in the midst of despair.
About the Author
Pamela R. Metzger. Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Law Clinic, Tulane University School of Law.
Citation
81 Tul. L. Rev. 1175 (2007)