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"We have to protect ourselves from the incompetence of the people we elect to public office" - Newell on Judge Roche

Podcast: Newell Normand
Published: Jul 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 1304
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Summary

Newell talks about all of the failures to follow the law by Judge Leon Roche revealed by the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court minutes that led to Roche's court being criticized as a "kangaroo court."