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10-year Sentence for Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin
newsmax.com ^
| 7/9/2014
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Posted on 07/09/2014 9:00:47 AM PDT by rktman
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor — including the chaotic years after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan handed down the sentence Wednesday morning.
Nagin was convicted Feb. 12 of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen who wanted work from the city or Nagin's support for various projects. The bribes came in the form of money, free vacations and truckloads of free granite for his family business.
The 58-year-old Democrat had defiantly denied any wrongdoing after his 2013 indictment and during his February trial. Moments before sentencing, a subdued Nagin made a brief statement, thanking the judge for her professionalism. He made no apologies. "I trust that God's going to work all this out," he said.
After the sentencing Nagin smiled and hugged supporters as he walked out of the courtroom with his wife, Seletha, and other family members and friends.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; buhbye; chocolatecity; convicted; felon; louisiana; nagin; neworleans
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Will he actually do any time? I'm sure the appeals process has already started. He should have been remanded as soon as the sentence was handed down and not passed "GO" and gone straight to the prison. I'm sure he'll quickly learn the real meaning of lettin' your pants droop down.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:00:47 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:01:37 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: rktman
Nagin smiled and hugged supporters as he walked out of the courtroom with his wife, Seletha, and other family members and friends. Had it been any one of us, they would have immediately revoked bail, cuffed us and taken us straight to prison. Nagin can probably delay serving time for another 40 years with appeals.
To: rktman
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:04:55 AM PDT
by
jyro
(French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
To: jyro
LOL! I guess that makes us “Dreamers” then.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:05:51 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
To: Cementjungle
Will he be sentenced to a chocolate prison?
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:05:51 AM PDT
by
skams19
To: rktman
I’m getting a feeling we’re going to see Ray Nagin is sentenced to jail threads all day today.
3 so far.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:06:00 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: rktman
i guess he is just doing his part in keeping prison "chocolate," and keeping the New Orleans brand out there...
what a loser...
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:06:41 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: rktman
Don’t forget to pack your chocolate soap-on-a-rope, Ray!
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:07:09 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
To: rktman
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:08:25 AM PDT
by
deport
To: skams19
Will he be sentenced to a chocolate prison?Don't see how you could avoid that.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:09:46 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: rktman
He should get 10 more years for the thousands that died under his watch during Katrina.
I guess “blame the white man” didn’t work this time.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:11:06 AM PDT
by
r0tten
To: skams19
Will he be sentenced to a chocolate prison? I'll be shocked if he even spends one day in prison.
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:16:11 AM PDT
by
billhilly
(Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
To: skams19
"chocolate prison"
Very good. Very good indeed.
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:23:03 AM PDT
by
driftless2
(For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: Vendome
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:23:47 AM PDT
by
Busko
(The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
To: Responsibility2nd
How does one search for what they do not know about?
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:25:19 AM PDT
by
goodtomato
(I'm really, really blessed!)
To: rktman
Øbama will pardon him of course...
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:26:00 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: r0tten
This is his delayed punishment for his Katrina botch-up (much as OJ’s current sentence is delayed punishment for offing his wife).
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:30:15 AM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(No tag today.)
To: rktman
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posted on
07/09/2014 9:35:13 AM PDT
by
Ditter
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