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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Ray Nagin (D-Chocolate City) Sentenced to 10 Years on Corruption Charges
by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
The only shock about a Democrat going to prison on corruption charges is the
New York Times actually identifies his party.
C. Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans, was sentenced to 10 years
in prison on Wednesday on federal corruption charges.
The sentence was less than the recommended 15 years, but Judge Ginger
Berrigan of United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana told the court that the evidence failed to show that Mr. Nagin had
organized or had been a leader of a corruption scheme.
“Mr. Nagin claimed a much, much smaller share of the profits of the
crime than any other member of the group,” Judge Berrigan said, referring
to the businessmen who profited from the scheme. The judge said that Mr.
Nagin’s leadership was much needed after Hurricane Katrina but that it had
also been lagging.
Prosecutors objected to the sentence, a move that could set up an appeal.
Mr. Nagin, who will remain out on bond, hugged family and friends after
the sentencing, and was quickly driven away from the courtroom. “I’m
trusting God is going to work all this out,” he said during sentencing.
He was found guilty in February on 20 counts, most relating to kickbacks
from contractors looking for city work.
Mr. Nagin, a Democrat, was arrested in January 2013, nearly three years
after he left office. He was charged with taking kickbacks in the form of
cash, cross-country trips or help with the family-run granite countertop
company; the bribes were handed out by men looking for city business ranging
from software supplies to sidewalk repair. Many of the schemes, though not
all, took place after Hurricane Katrina, when contractors crowded into the
city for rebuilding work.
Well, we won’t have Nagin to kick around any more, or at least until he’s
released from prison and restarts his political career. So we’ll leave you
with this wondrous moment: | T*********I
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