(The Center Square) − New Orleans has cut major violent crime nearly in half over the past two years while sending more felony defendants to prison, according to a new report from the Metropolitan Crime Commission.
From 2022 to 2024, reported homicides, nonfatal shootings, carjackings and armed robberies fell 55%, from 1,582 incidents to 704. Over the same period, felony arrests rose from 3,909 to 4,901, and the share of felony arrests ending in felony convictions climbed from 20% to 37%.
That conviction rate still trails the 44% rate reported in 2019 under former District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro…