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-Lurid Crime Tales-
New Orleans' Ray Nagin Guilty on Corruption Charges
2014-02-13
[NY Times] NEW ORLEANS -- Former Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans was found guilty on Wednesday of accepting payoffs for city contracts, becoming the first mayor in the city's history to be charged and convicted of corruption.

The jury, deliberated for about six and a half hours in total before finding Mr. Nagin, 57, the Democratic mayor for two terms and the face of the city's leadership during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, guilty in 20 of the 21 counts against him.

Tania Tetlow, a Tulane University law professor and a former federal prosecutor, said Mr. Nagin could receive a sentence of as many as 20 years under federal sentencing guidelines. He will remain free on bond until sentencing, but was placed on home detention.
Posted by:Fred

#13  The interesting bit here is Nagin got convicted (FTA: first mayor in NOLA history). How Ray managed to do *that* is the story. The corruption is a given.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-02-13 18:21  

#12  I will admit he snookered me at the beginning. Meh. Just another LA Pol. Broussard did it better.

Posted by: Shipman   2014-02-13 17:40  

#11  Well, he is Black, but on the other hand, I doubt Obama cares about _anyone_ on the Gulf Coast. Or Louisiana.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-02-13 17:01  

#10  I see an Obama Pardon in his future. "Our People™"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-02-13 16:32  

#9  Mr. Nagin could receive a sentence of as many as 20 years under federal sentencing guidelines.

Actually, 20 years is the likely minimum. He could be sentenced up to 120 years.

Al
Posted by: Florida Al   2014-02-13 12:18  

#8  Doesn't matter. It's still Bush's fault.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2014-02-13 11:36  

#7  Eric knows his LA politics...
Posted by: Raj   2014-02-13 09:49  

#6  Was he caught in bed with a dead girl, or with a live boy?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2014-02-13 09:40  

#5  He is one of the few Donks who got caught. He must have really screwed up or his politics weren't quite straight. Wasn't he funneling money into the Donk machine properly? New Orlean's version of Rod Blagojevich?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-02-13 08:23  

#4  Nothing actually new here. He was just as corrupt before, but now he's an official lodge member. (Got the little hat and everything.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-02-13 07:21  

#3  Chocolate City Ray? Put him in the skinhead wing of the prison for a little vanilla frosting
Posted by: Frank G   2014-02-13 07:09  

#2  Nearly ten long years it took. Little wonder few now fear Lady Justice.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-13 06:58  

#1  Mayor Ray accused of corruption? Say it ain't so! Next they'll be suggesting he can't manage the motor pool.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-02-13 00:39  

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