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Victims sometimes lose in fight for justice

Do the ends always justify the means? No. An example of this is when victims of sexual assault or domestic violence are threatened with jail time if they refuse to testify against their suspected assailant.

In 2017, Court Watch NOLA, an independent watchdog group, released a report that condemned the practice of arresting material witnesses. As of press time Thursday, a member of that group was set…

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