“A federal jury has found Ray Nagin guilty of bribery and fraud. The former New Orleans mayor, 57, was accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, in an indictment that included 21 counts. He was found guilty on 20 of those counts. Prosecutors also said Nagin accepted perks such as free travel and played a role in funneling money and granite to Stone Age, a company run by his sons. The counts cover a large portion of Nagin’s two terms as mayor from 2002-2010, a tenure that included the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005. A full conviction could have meant a prison sentence of more than 20 years and fines of more than $1 million. When U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan turned the case over to jurors Monday, she instructed them to examine each count against Nagin individually, allowing a partial conviction…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Bill Chapel / NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/10/274925929/former-new-orleans-mayor-ray-nagin-found-guilty-of-corruption
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