'Bayou Guantanamo'

Justice system struggles in New Orleans
Exposed by Katrina, long-neglected system needs expensive overhaul


"I compare it to the levees," says Stephen Singer, an assistant professor at Loyola University's School of Law. "They were always substandard but nobody realized it until the hurricane came. The same thing with the criminal justice system. It was always substandard. It was less obvious unless you were in it."

Here's the Link to the story. The judical system isn't fairing much better than law enforcement.