Jason Williams says D.A. office will not oppose parole bids
Jason Williams says D.A. office will not oppose parole bids By Natasha Robin | January 27, 2021 at 5:25 PM CST - Updated January 27 at 5:26 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - District Attorney Jason Williams directs his prosecutors to no longer oppose the parole of an inmate, no matter the nature of the crime.
“What we’re not going to do is blanketly oppose all parole hearings,” says Jason Williams.
District Attorney Jason Williams’ new policy was first sent to prosecutors in a memo from the office’s civil rights chief Emily Maw.
Updated: 12:21 PM CST Jan 25, 2021 Travers Mackel, Reporter The New Orleans City Council held its Crime Commission meeting on Monday where NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson addressed the ongoing car break-ins plaguing the city s residents. Ferguson revealed that the NOPD continues to make arrests of repeat offenders for the crimes. According to Ferguson, they arrested a 14-year-old over the weekend and are currently searching for a 12 and 13-year-old in connection with the break-ins. Ferguson also said that these teens are getting out of custody quickly. According to Ferguson, if a teen is arrested for a car break-in in New Orleans at 10 a.m. he or she could be out that night. District Attorney Jason Williams was also in attendance at the meeting. He revealed in his first week as district attorney that he was moving all major violent crimes against juveniles ages 15, 16, and 17 back to Juvenile Court. He ran on a platform of criminal justice reform and said
Man who killed ex-Saints player Will Smith has conviction overturned
Cardell Hayes fatally shot Smith in 2016 during an argument after he rear-ended Smith s car
Will Smith has been overturned.
On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed the case based on another occurrence, which decided in criminal cases, non-unanimous verdicts are unconstitutional.
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According to
People Magazine, Hayes fatally shot Smith in April 2016. Hayes initially faced murder charges and attempted murder charges because he also shot Will’s wife,
Raquel, but she survived. After a week-long trial, he was charged with manslaughter for shooting Smith and attempted manslaughter for Raquel.