State Rep. Jeff Arnold is among those who'll be recognized next month by the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The awards will be presented Dec. 7, during the association's awards banquet in New Orleans.
Arnold, an Algiers Democrat, will receive the association's Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award, as being "supportive and dedicated to the betterment of the criminal justice system and has supported it through the Legislature," according to a press release.
Arnold, who earlier this year pushed through a bill in Baton Rouge that increased revenue for cash-strapped public defender offices, said Tuesday he was "honored to be recognized," and that he has "always fought for equal justice and equal access to justice."
"I don't do what I do for recognition, but it is a nice gesture to be recognized," Arnold said.
Other local recipients include Gary Clements of New Orleans, who'll receive the group's Sam Dalton Capital Defense Advocacy Award. Clements is director of the Capital Post Conviction Project of Louisiana, a public defender's office for convicts on death row.
Dwight Doskey, an attorney in St. Tammany Parish and New Orleans, is slated to receive the Criminal Justice Act Panel Award.
Innocence Project New Orleans will receive the Trustees of Freedom Gideon Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Right of Counsel, including Legislative works, working 'in the trenches' and a concern for clients and criminal justice."
Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/11/criminal_defense_lawyers_group.html
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