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Parish to use opioid-settlement funds to pay for drug-court public defender
Summary
Council unanimously approved a cooperative agreement to direct $80,000 per year from Louisiana’s opioid-litigation settlement to the 29th Judicial District Public Defender’s Office to fund legal representation for Saint Charles Parish drug-court participants.
Saint Charles Parish Council unanimously approved a cooperative endeavor agreement on Jan. 12 to provide $80,000 per year from the Louisiana State Local Government opioid litigation settlement to the 29th Judicial District Public Defender's Office to fund a public defender assigned to the parish drug court.
District Public Defender Ben Swan told the council the…
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