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Jason Rogers Williams (born November 2, 1972) is an American politician and attorney who is the Orleans Parish district attorney; he assumed office in 2021. From 2014 to 2021, Williams served as the Second Division councilmember-at-large on the New Orleans City Council.
Ian Kersting, a 34-year-old Parish prosecutor near New Orleans, was found dead with "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds" at his office, police said.
Garrison became a flamboyant, colorful, well-known figure in New Orleans, but was initially unsuccessful in his run for public office. He lost a 1959 election for criminal court judge. In 1961, he ran for district attorney and won against incumbent Richard Dowling by 6,000 votes in a five-man Democratic primary.
New Orleans prosecutor Ian Kersting was found dead inside his office in a suspected suicide, police said.. Police arrived at the Orleans Parish DA’s office building at 619 South White Street ...
New Orleans, which since Hurricane Katrina has balanced its budget by securing federal loans, will have to determine a way to pay Jordan's legal tab or risk watching the prosecutors' office shut down for financial reasons. Mayor C. Ray Nagin said that the city cannot pay the judgment rendered to the former white employees. [6]
In 2012, the office's budget was slashed, but then partly restored. [5] In 2013, the office argued that they were not equipped to deal with gang racketeering indictments. [6] The New York Times Editorial Board applauded the Justice Department's oversight of indigent defense, citing the flaws in the New Orleans system. [7]
Also, law enforcement officials searched a Airbnb rental in New Orleans that may have been connected to the manufacture of IEDs tied to the attack, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told NBC ...
Letten worked for Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. for four years. [2] In 1982, Letten became a federal prosecutor, beginning on an organized crime strike force. [2] He was part of the team that prosecuted several leaders of the New Orleans mafia and figures from the New York crime families. [2]