The title of the article could be confusing for non-lawyers, the woman was not fighting a traffic stop for 6 years (i.e. not a defendant in traffic court), she

The title of the article could be confusing for non-lawyers, the woman was not fighting a traffic stop for 6 years (i.e. not a defendant in traffic court), she spent 6 years suing/proving that there was a violation of her Constitutional Rights (i.e. Plaintiff in a civil suit). The traffic defense portion/aspect of the case is one of many reasons I have co-founded www.tickettitan.com . With proper representation at that level, this likely would never have escalated to 25 days in jail. That said rural Louisiana is not alone, Florida has many "speed trap cities" and in fact Waldo, Florida was so bad the Chief of police was suspended and then the entire police department was disbanded. While Larvadain is referencing the Civil side, it is possible though difficult to obtain a pro bono lawyer, but I would have reasonable expectation most lawyers would accept this on contingency so there would be no out of pocket legal fees (hourly billable cases almost never make sense against the Gov. because of statutory caps on damages).