Thousands of criminal cases on COVID hold as victims, defendants await justice
Neither the defendants who sit in jail nor the victims who await justice are being served by the pandemic-induced wait for a trial. Author: David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 10:25 PM CST February 17, 2021 Updated: 10:50 PM CST February 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Bob Arthur hasn’t been waiting passively for justice in the four years since his 40-year-old son, Shawn, turned up dead in his Metairie apartment.
Bob Arthur hired private investigators and worked with a Huffington Post reporter for more than a year to gather evidence that finally convinced the Jefferson Parish coroner and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office that Shawn’s death wasn’t an accident.