When a prosecutor at Magistrate court refused at least a dozen gun charges during Mardi Gras, the move raised some eyebrows. But it also caught the eye of federal prosecutors, who felt one of the men shouldn t have been let off the hook.
After 12 years behind bars, Markus Lanieux thought he had a deal for his release. Then Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed a legal challenge that could derail hope for those imprisoned under the state's "three strikes" sentencing rules.
A year after he was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary for a rape he did not commit, Sullivan Walter has asked the state to pay him $480,000 for his wrongful conviction — an amount that represents a little more than $13,000 for each year he was incarcerated at the Angola prison.
The misdemeanor charge against Nabers was dismissed because he is a college student and does not have a prior criminal record. He also voluntarily turned in the gun.