Ray Nagin, Former New Orleans Mayor, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

ByCRIMESIDER STAFF AP July 9, 2014

Crime • July 2014 • Views: 1,415

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 devastated the city in 2005.

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.

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8 comments

EiMitch Jul 9, 2014 10:08:48am

I always wondered how he got reelected after seeing his incredibly lousy response to Katrina. Seriously, how bad was his opponent that the people of N.O. would rather keep Nagin?

SteveMcGazi Jul 9, 2014 10:28:26am

re: #1 EiMitch

I always wondered how he got reelected after seeing his incredibly lousy response to Katrina. Seriously, how bad was his opponent that the people of N.O. would rather keep Nagin?

I think that sometimes people are more afraid of the unknown.

ObserverArt Jul 9, 2014 10:40:04am

Sad. And now it will all be used to say no one can trust a democrat.

EiMitch Jul 9, 2014 11:18:15am

re: #3 ObserverArt

Sad. And now it will all be used to say no one can trust a democrat.

As if that wasn’t being said by wingnuts before.

In all seriousness, no one can trust a politician, period. Its just that democrats have been the lesser of two evils lately.

Jayleia Jul 9, 2014 11:18:15am

re: #3 ObserverArt

Even if he had an R after his name, a certain news outlet would have consistent typos on the chyron…

Strangerkat Jul 9, 2014 11:34:19am

He did have an R after his name for most of his voting life until he decided to run for office in blue New Orleans. Link

wrenchwench Jul 9, 2014 11:37:19am

re: #6 Strangerkat

Welcome, hatchling.

whitebeach Jul 9, 2014 3:09:34pm

The question of how Nagin got reelected is an interesting one, and the answer revealing. Most people outside south Louisiana don’t realize that Nagin was actually perceived as the more conservative of the finalists in the election, just as in his first campaign he had been the “pro-business” choice. His opponent, Mitch Landrieu (brother of Senator Mary) was reviled by conservatives as a liberal (which, by Louisiana’s deranged standards, he might be). So in the rearranged demography of post-Katrina New Orleans, many white conservatives voted for Nagin, enough in fact to give him the victory (with many black voters actually going for Landrieu). By the next election cycle, the demography and other factors had changed sufficiently that Landrieu could win.

Currently, Mary Landrieu, who would be considered a conservative in most sane venues, is again being attacked as a raving liberal by her moonbat prospective Repub opponents in the senatorial race. I hope with all my heart she wins, because conservative or not, she’s the best we’ll see from Louisiana for many years.

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