ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I deeply appreciate the many people who have read and given guidance on the text and resources for this guidebook. Their valuable input, based on their own personal and professional experience, has helped make this guidebook a reality.

James in red shirt and khaki shorts sitting on river levee in New Orleans looking out at the river on a cloudy day, city in the background
 
 
 

A special thank you goes to:

District Attorney’s Office: Graymond Martin, Andree Mattix, Val Solino, Kirk Bouyelas, Mark Burton

New Orleans Police Department: Commander Doug Eckert, Sgt. Latina Jolivett, Rhonda Hill

Criminal District Court: Judge Laurie A. White, Nadine Kujawa

Magistrate’s Court: Judge Harry E. Cantrell

Juvenile Criminal Court: Judge Mark Doherty, Laura C. Rochon

Criminal Sheriff’s Office: Captain Stephanie Minto-Gibson, Andrea Howard

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement: Bob Wertz

Baptist Community Ministries: Chaplain Joe Cull, Dr. June Wilder

Children’s Bureau of New Orleans: Paulette Carter

Court Watch NOLA: Simone Levine

Trapolin Law Firm: Miles G. Trapolin, Lili Trapolin

Community Mediation Services: Julianna Padgett, Lou Furman

New Orleans Family Justice Center: Amanda Tonkovich

Editors & Primary Research: Joy Willig, Eugene Kordahl, J. Ford

Researchers: Anne Atkinson, Brad Cousins, Allen Johnson, Pamela Blume Leonard, Phyllis Molero, Ben Ozur, Doris Quigley, Judy Reidy, Vivian Rose, Alex Shamash, Dr. Tina Thomas, Toni Wattigny

Printing Advisor: John Maloney at Moran Printing

Loyola University New Orleans, Criminology & Justice Department: Dr. Rae Taylor, Dean and Associate Professor & Taryn Young, Student Intern

This book was also made possible with the assistance of: The Shawn M. Donnelley Center for Nonprofit Communication, Loyola University New Orleans:

Layout: Noël Anderson, Dr. Álvaro Bootello, Bridget Burkley, Lily Cummings, Alexis Dillon, Kori Doran, Gabrielle Hawkins, Matt Pashby, Olivia Rosing, Manuel Santos

Book Design: Kori Doran, Gabrielle Hawkins, Manuel Santos

Cover Art: Kori Doran, Gabrielle Hawkins

Website: Emmaline Bouchillon, Ellen Harper, Ariel Landry, Jacob Meyer, Olivia Molloy

Public Relations: Jessica Coleman, Jacqueline Farrow

This guidebook was made possible with a grant from:

THE JOE W. AND DOROTHY DORSETT BROWN FOUNDATION, New Orleans, Louisiana

And with generous support from

CELINA DUNLOP

&

SISTER HELEN PREJEAN and THE MINISTRY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY

&

JUNE WILDER, Chaplain