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WWL Louisiana's Mike Perlstein shows how the Orleans Parish DA's Office has granted multiple breaks with some defendants ending up back in jail for worse crimes.
New Orleans brothers who were once two toddlers sharing a bedroom in Gentilly are now men, one running a courtroom as a criminal court judge, and the other commanding a district as a police captain.
In February, Damon Rideau entered a rare “blind plea” to manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Darren Gallin.
Atkins is set to appear in court again in April. Criminal District Court Judge Marcus DeLarge has to decide if he will recuse himself from the case.
Three years ago, a jury convicted Michael Willis, 51, on a slew of drug-related charges, but it hopelessly hanged when weighing whether Willis was responsible for the second-degree murder of 41-year-old Branden Pelot, who overdosed Jan. 22, 2018 on fentanyl-laced heroin sold by Willis.