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Court rejects appeal of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Associated Press ^
| Jan. 7, 2016 12:32 PM EST
Posted on 01/07/2016 10:32:44 AM PST by Olog-hai
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted in 2014 on corruption charges.
The 5th Circuit's U.S. Court of Appeals in a decision filed Thursday upheld Nagin's conviction
Nagin, a Democrat who served from 2002 to 2010, was convicted on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and filing false tax returns. ...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: appeal; fraud; neworleans; raynagin
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:32:44 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I guess they threw him under the bus....
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:33:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
Ray shoulda stayed drunk in a bar, like he did when the water burst : )
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:34:26 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Olog-hai
Oh yeah, I remember ol’ Ray “The Noggin” Nagin.
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:35:44 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:36:23 AM PST
by
Iron head mike
(Dirty deeds done dirt cheap)
To: Olog-hai
Chocolate City?
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:44:48 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
To: Olog-hai
Jail for the bastard who didn’t get the blame for Katrina, but instead looked on as Bush got the blame.
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:46:40 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: Olog-hai
Ray can get all the chocolate he can handle in prison. 
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posted on
01/07/2016 10:55:54 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
To: Olog-hai
He was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. So unless Obama pardons him, that means no parole, and he doesn’t get out until 2024.
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posted on
01/07/2016 11:16:43 AM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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