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Big Fees For The Big Easy's Poorest Defendants

In the next installment of an NPR investigation, Joseph Shapiro goes to New Orleans to look at the ways poor people are charged for their public defender in court.

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Joseph Shapiro
Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent.
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