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Judge Roche's recusal order is nothing but a character assassination of Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue
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- Newell Normand
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- Jul 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1345
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Summary
Newell addresses Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Leon Roche breaking away from 11 other judges by writing a scathing, three-page recusal order that fiercely attacked Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue, a defense attorney representing Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. While the rest of the New Orleans bench signed standard, one-page recusal documents, Judge Roche used his order to condemn Cannizzaro Rodrigue for publicly calling his bench a "kangaroo court" and spreading "vicious falsehoods."