Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has taken to social media to blast Mayor Helena Moreno and the New Orleans City Council for agreeing to pay a $2.5 million settlement to a man who spent 39 years in prison for murder.
The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office asked a court to vacate the conviction after he learned prosecutors who worked the case decades ago failed to turn over evidence to the defense. The man, Raymond Flanks, then filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the district attorney’s office, which a judge dismissed following the city’s approval of the settlement.
District Attorney Jason Williams later said the civil rights division of his office overstepped its bounds by agreeing to vacate the case. Despite this, Landry also lambasted Williams in his post…