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==Judicial life==

==Judicial life==

Scott was an assistant city attorney in [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] from 1971 until 1973 during the administration of Mayor Calhoun Allen. He was an assistant district attorney from 1973 until August 1, 1980, when he was elected without opposition as city judge to succeed the late Nolan Harper. In 1982, he ran for a newly established Caddo District Court judgeship, again without opposition, and served until he stepped down as chief judge. He came out of retirement to run in 2008 for DA.<ref name=hugeloss>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/04/22/da-charles-scott-death-huge-loss/26193017/|title=DA Charles Scott's death 'huge loss' for area|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 22, 2015|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

Scott was an assistant city attorney in [[Shreveport]] from 1971 until 1973 during the administration of Mayor Calhoun Allen. He was an assistant district attorney from 1973 until August 1, 1980, when he was elected without opposition as city judge to succeed the late Nolan Harper. In 1982, he ran for a newly established Caddo District Court judgeship, again without opposition, and served until he stepped down as chief judge. He came out of retirement to run in 2008 for DA.<ref name=hugeloss>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/04/22/da-charles-scott-death-huge-loss/26193017/|title=DA Charles Scott's death 'huge loss' for area|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 22, 2015|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

Scott was also a relief juvenile court judge in Caddo Parish and an [[ad-hoc]] appellate judge on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport.<ref name=theadvo>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/12176947-123/caddo-parish-district-attorney-found|title=Caddo Parish district attorney found dead in Baton Rouge hotel room|author=Ben Wallace|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

Scott was also a relief juvenile court judge in Caddo Parish and an ad-hoc appellate judge on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport.<ref name=theadvo>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/12176947-123/caddo-parish-district-attorney-found|title=Caddo Parish district attorney found dead in Baton Rouge hotel room|author=Ben Wallace|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

He served as president of the Louisiana District Judges Association and the Second Circuit Judges Association. As DA, he was the immediate past president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.<ref name=obit/> Scott was chairman of the North Louisiana Crime Lab, which services twenty-nine of the sixty-four parishes. At the time of his death, a crime lab was under construction on Linwood Avenue near the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport.<ref name=hugeloss/> He was a member of the Governor's task forces on Violent Crimes and Homicide and Child Support Enforcement. He was a member of the Committee to Study Proper Court Reporting in Louisiana. He was an [[adjunct professor]]  in the Louisiana State University in Shreveport paralegal program. He was active in the American Inns of Court, which seeks to strengthen professionalism and ethics in the legal profession.<ref name=obit/>

He served as president of the Louisiana District Judges Association and the Second Circuit Judges Association. As DA, he was the immediate past president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.<ref name=obit/> Scott was chairman of the North Louisiana Crime Lab, which services twenty-nine of the sixty-four parishes. At the time of his death, a crime lab was under construction on Linwood Avenue near the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport.<ref name=hugeloss/> He was a member of the Governor's task forces on Violent Crimes and Homicide and Child Support Enforcement. He was a member of the Committee to Study Proper Court Reporting in Louisiana. He was an [[adjunct professor]]  in the Louisiana State University in Shreveport paralegal program. He was active in the American Inns of Court, which seeks to strengthen professionalism and ethics in the legal profession.<ref name=obit/>

In 2008, after retiring as a district judge, Scott returned to public life to run for district attorney to succeed Paul J. Carmouche, a Democrat originally from Assumption Parish in South Louisiana, who instead ran for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat and lost narrowly to the Republican [[John Fleming]], who still retains that seat. Scott polled 29,419 votes (61.5 percent) to fellow Democrat and criminal defense attorney Craig Smith's 18,424 (38.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_09.html|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> The 2008 race for DA was the first one contested in the thirty years since Carmouche was elected in 1978. Scott was unopposed for a second six-year term as DA in 2014.

In 2008, after retiring as a district judge, Scott returned to public life to run for district attorney to succeed Paul J. Carmouche, a Democrat originally from Assumption Parish in South Louisiana, who instead ran for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat and lost narrowly to the Republican [[John Fleming]], who still retains that seat. Scott polled 29,419 votes (61.5 percent) to fellow Democrat and criminal defense attorney Craig Smith's 18,424 (38.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_09.html|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref> The 2008 race for DA was the first one contested in the thirty years since Carmouche was elected in 1978. Scott was unopposed for a second six-year term as DA in 2014.

Early in 2014, Scott obtained the release of [[death row]] inmate Glenn Ford from the [[Louisiana State Penitentiary]] when new information was uncovered regarding Ford's conviction for the 1983 murder of Shreveport jeweler Isadore Rozeman. Ford was found to have not been present when Rozeman was killed. Scott began working to solve the [[cold case]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/glenn-ford|title=Glenn Ford}date=March 12, 2014|publisher=arklatexhomepage.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref>

Early in 2014, Scott obtained the release of death row inmate Glenn Ford from the Louisiana State Penitentiary when new information was uncovered regarding Ford's conviction for the 1983 murder of Shreveport jeweler Isadore Rozeman. Ford was found to have not been present when Rozeman was killed. Scott began working to solve the cold case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/glenn-ford|title=Glenn Ford}date=March 12, 2014|publisher=arklatexhomepage.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref>

==Death in office==

==Death in office==