New Orleans ex-mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years

[Ichingcarpenter]

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges.

He was convicted in February for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from businessmen.

Prosecutors say the bribes included the years immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

Nagin, 58, was mayor from 2002-10 and became the face of the city worldwide during the disaster.

US District Judge Helen Berrigan handed down the sentence on Wednesday. Prosecutors had been pushing for a 20-year sentence.

But defence lawyers for Nagin argued that amounted to a life sentence, and the six-years worth of bribes was an "aberration" in Nagin's otherwise upstanding service.

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Fradella pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, with U.S. Attorney Jim Letten and Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux among those in attendance. His plea agreement calls for a prison term of no longer than seven years. The statutory maximum for the crime Fradella admitted committing is 15 years.
He has not been sentenced after two years

[Thinkingabout]

1. I did not think he would get off on all of the charges. It sounds good when receiving the

bribery but when sentenced it does not sound so well.