# Judge Roche's recusal order is nothing but a character assassination of Laura Cannizzaro Rodrigue

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-07-09T15:29:35+00:00
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## Resource

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."

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