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New Orleans judge files criminal case against CBS affiliate over reporting

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Kimya Holmes’ lawsuit over a news segment on a real-estate transaction invokes law that no longer exists A New Orleans state court judge filed a police complaint against a local CBS affiliate after it aired a segment scrutinizing a real-estate transaction in which she was involved, with the jurist invoking a section of law that no longer carries criminal penalties, according to the journalist who reported the story. The situation centering on New Orleans criminal court judge Kimya Holmes and investigative reporter David Hammer was only the latest in a…

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