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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.
“If he had been properly handled by the district attorney's office, he wouldn't have been on the streets to commit the murder,” Goyeneche said.
New Orleans police are searching for a suspect after following a trail of electronic clues from an ankle monitor.
The man accused of murder who escaped from Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office earlier this week has been arrested by New Orleans police, according to online jail records.
Judge Camille Buras called in a 90-person pool and told prospective jurors that the trial could last between 6-8 days.