Murder cases in New Orleans take longer to resolve than almost anywhere in the country. The chronic delays inflict years of anguish on families of murder victims.

Taj Sullen watched them in the courtroom for years, always dressed in orange jumpsuits and bound in chains: the two men charged in her son’s murder.

She came for their hearings, only to suffer through postponements. She came for their trial, only to endure its cancellation.

Every time, Sullen had only the small comfort of knowing that, even if not yet convicted, the men were still in jail…

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