07-09-2014, 12:46 PM
(02-13-2014, 09:41 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: ^^^ Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin was found guilty on 20 of the 21 Bribery and Fraud counts against him.
Sentencing has been set for June 11th, which is Nagin's 58th birthday. He faces a maximum of 20 years under federal sentencing guidelines.
UPDATE:
After a month's delay, Nagin's sentence was finally handed down today.
He got 10 years. It's not the 20 year max, but I think it's a fair sentence for political corruption and profiting off of a natural disaster -- more than some violent offenders get.
Nagin was alleged to have received roughly a half million dollars, all tolled, over 6 years.
What a greedy short-sighted dipshit. 10 years of his freedom down the drain for only a $500,000 payoff.
Anyway, he made no apologies at his sentencing. "I trust that God's going to work all this out," he said. Yeah, Ray, I think God just did.