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2014-02-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

New Orleans' Ray Nagin Guilty on Corruption Charges

[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 2014-02-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Nearly ten long years it took. Little wonder few now fear Lady Justice.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-13 06:58|| 2014-02-13 06:58|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 07:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 07:21|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 08:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Was he caught in bed with a dead girl, or with a live boy?

Posted by Eric Jablow 2014-02-13 09:40|| 2014-02-13 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Eric knows his LA politics...

Posted by Raj 2014-02-13 09:49|| 2014-02-13 09:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Doesn't matter. It's still Bush's fault.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2014-02-13 11:36|| 2014-02-13 11:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 12:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I see an Obama Pardon in his future. "Our People"

Posted by Frank G 2014-02-13 16:32|| 2014-02-13 16:32|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 17:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 17:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-02-13 18:21|| Front Page Top

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