Theres a body in the water. He was butchered and murdered. Many people proclaim their innocence. In this case, there are a number of things that stink. This man is remorseless. He needs to pay for it with his life. The electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. Get a conviction at all costs. Let the truth fall where it may. World famous bourbon street, you can buy a song and dance for a dime. On december 5th, 1984, ray luizza, a funloving 34yearold bachelor from a prominent new orleans family, was out on the town celebrating his promotion to Vice President of one of the citys biggest hotels. Ray was the epitome of people who are true new orleanians the love of the art and the history, the fine cuisine as well as the music. Late that night, as liuzza returned to his Garden District apartment, he was approached by someone in the dark. He was then robbed at gunpoint. He complied with the perpetrators, giving them up everything that he had. He asked them not to shoot him, and they did, fi
around and met him and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the driver s side door and manages to kick the carjacker out of his face and the carjacker obviously injured. drops the gun and gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper of ray liuzza. when thompson s picture appeared, all three children identified john thompson as their attacker. thompson went on trial for the carjacking first because prosecutors knew a conviction would make him more likely to receive the death penalty for the liuzza murder. this wasn t keeping with the law, senior father of harry conic jr. during connick sr. s tenure,
the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson was never convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. on december 28th, 1984, 19-year-old jay lagarde, his sister mimi, 16, and younger brother, 12, went to super dome for a college basketball tournament. after the game, as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the backseat, pulled out a .357 magnum and said, i m taking your wallet, i want your value abouts. he was instructed to drive away but instead did something brave or stupid and deliberately caused a car accident. the carjacker then leapt forward with the gun and jay turned