Kevin Mcgill
December 12, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Ex-Cop Acquitted in Retrial Over Deadly ShootingThree years ago, a jury heard lurid testimony about a burned body and a brazen cover-up before convicting a former New Orleans police officer of fatally shooting a man without justification in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
By Kevin Mcgill and Michael Kunzelman
6 minute read
May 23, 2011 | Daily Report Online
5 years later, trial for fired school workersBy Kevin McGill
2 minute read
February 14, 2013 | Daily Report Online
Judge approves Transocean's plea deal in oil spillA federal judge has approved Transocean Ltd.'s agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay $400 million in criminal penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By Kevin McGill and Michael Kunzelman
3 minute read
February 24, 2010 | Daily Report Online
La.-based campaign finance suit at appeals courtBy KEVIN McGILL
2 minute read
February 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Grand jury indicts alleged KKK group leader in La.NEW ORLEANS AP - The alleged leader of a Ku Klux Klan group was indicted on a second-degree murder charge Wednesday in the shooting death of an Oklahoma woman who police said was killed during an initiation in south Louisiana.A grand jury indicted Raymond Foster, 44, and three other suspected group members in the death of Cynthia Lynch, 43, of Tulsa, Okla.
By KEVIN McGILL
3 minute read
February 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online
Former Interior Dept. official gets probationBy KEVIN McGILL
2 minute read
November 08, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Judge won't dismiss charge faced by ex-BP engineerA federal judge has refused to throw out one of two obstruction of justice charges an ex-engineer for energy company BP faces after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By Kevin McGill
1 minute read
August 19, 2004 | Law.com
Suspension Recommended for Judge Who Wore Racial CostumeA judge who attended a Halloween party in shackles, an afro wig and blackface should be suspended for a year with no pay, a state commission recommended Tuesday to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which will make the final decision on punishment for Timothy Ellender. Said the judiciary commission, "Judge Ellender's integrity and his ability to be fair and impartial towards African-Americans who appear before his court as defendants in criminal and other proceedings will be forever in doubt."
By Kevin McGill
2 minute read
December 06, 2012 | Daily Report Online
US Attorney resigns during probe of online postsU.S. Attorney Jim Letten, whose successful prosecution of a former Louisiana governor and numerous other public officials won him bipartisan praise for more than a decade, resigned Thursday while the Justice Department investigates alleged misconduct by his top deputies.
By Kevin McGill and Michael Kunzelman
4 minute read
December 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online
Lawyer: Jena Six teen shot himself out of despairNEW ORLEANS AP - One of the central figures in the 2007 Jena Six civil rights case never gave up pursuing his football career, even after his well-publicized run-ins with the law.Mychal Bell, an 18-year-old high school running back, clung to the hope that he could earn a college football scholarship. Then came another legal scrape this Christmas Eve.
By KEVIN McGILL
4 minute read
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