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Attorney Duane A. Evans will serve as Interim United States Attorney Share Updated: 5:46 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 5:46 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team The United States Attorney s Office has named an interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Assistant U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans will serve as Interim United States Attorney and his appointment will take effect on March 1.“I am grateful to the Department of Justice for the opportunity to once again serve the citizens of the Eastern District of Louisiana,” stated Assistant U.S. Attorney Evans. “I am looking forward to once again working closely with the wonderful and dedicated people of our office and together, we will tackle any challenges that lie ahead.” I also would like to assure our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners that our working relationships and communication bonds will remain strong.
Updated: 11:52 PM CST Feb 27, 2021 WDSU Digital Team The convictions of 22 people found guilty by non-unanimous jury verdicts in Orleans Parish have been vacated, New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams said Friday. Speaking at a news conference, Williams said the move is the start of an initiative to correct the wrongs of the past. Non-unanimous juries were found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2020. The high court found split verdicts stemmed from Jim Crow-era racist attitudes designed to silence the voices of Black jurors.“Everyone recognized the racist and decision of non-unanimous jury members,” Williams said. But that ruling by the Supreme Court did not automatically apply to post convictions – just those still on appeal. The DA’s Jim Crow Jury Project announced by Williams vows to review all the convictions obtained by split verdicts. The review so far led to the vacation of those 22 convictions. Williams said each case
New Orleans Juvenile Court Division Chief announced
Orleans Parish DA discusses juvenile crime By Natasha Robin | February 24, 2021 at 6:01 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 6:01 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams announced his new Juvenile Division Chief as well as his plan moving forward on how to handle juvenile offenders.
Williams announced Tenee Felix as the new Juvenile Division Chief. Felix was formally an attorney for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights. That’s essentially the Public Defender’s Office for Juvenile Court.
Now, Chief Felix will head up the Juvenile District Attorney’s Office.
When asked if that would be a conflict, Williams said the office will follow the rules if any conflicts might arise. He says cases that Chief Felix was previously involved in will be handled by another department head.
Man accused in toddler daughter’s death not fit to stand trial ‘in foreseeable future’
NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) A Bywater man who admitted to killing his toddler daughter will not stand trial for the first-degree murder charge he faces.
Mark Hambrick, 49, was ruled “irrestorably incompetent,” meaning he is not and will not be mentally fit to stand trial now or in the “foreseeable future.”
Several doctors have testified Hambrick’s delusions have remained unchanged since he told a 911 dispatcher and police that he killed 18-month-old Amina at God’s direction. He did so, he told authorities and doctors who examined him, so the state would execute him, allowing for him to be resurrected.