Former New Orleans mayor sentenced to 10 years in prison

C. Ray Nagin, the former New Orleans mayor, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison on corruption charges, a remarkable fall from grace for a man who came to office pledging to root out cronyism, according to the New York Times.

“The seriousness of Mr. Nagin’s offenses can hardly be overstated,” Judge Helen Berrigan of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana said of a jury’s decision in February to convict Mr. Nagin on 20 of 21 counts, most related to kickbacks from contractors looking for city work.

Mayor 2002-2010, Nagin was indicted in January 2013, nearly three years after he left office.

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