Attorney Robert Toale speaks out about Louisiana’s struggle to fund criminal defense

The “3-N-G” street gang case is an example of the lack of funds in Orleans Parish and Louisiana statewide to fund public defenders for criminal cases. Attorney Robert Toale discusses his concern on the matter in the Times Picayune article published February 11, 2015. Attorney Robert Toale, board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, discusses how the state’s financial struggle is placing the burden on private practitioners when it should be placed on the state.