Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams didn’t expect a free ride to a second term.
For six years, the former criminal defense attorney has taken heat from left and right as the city’s top prosecutor, even as violent crime has tumbled from post-pandemic highs. More recently, he’s faced scrutiny from Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill for Murrill’s short-lived criminal indictment, though no evidence has yet surfaced of his involvement.
Yet when the candidate qualifying period ended last month for the Nov. 3 election, no one had signed up to run against him…