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A state law passed on the last day of the legislative session would eliminate three judges from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.
The bill would reduce the court from 12 section judges to nine.
Metropolitan Crime Commission president Rafael Goyeneche says the move would slow the justice system and undercut public safety.
The bill still needs Gov. Jeff Landry's signature, but he's unhappy that one of the three judges to be removed is Judge Rhonda Goode-Douglas.
Landry calls her proposed removal "ridiculous."
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