Cantrell joins the ranks of more than 100 people brought up on corruption charges in Louisiana in the past two decades, said Rafael Goyeneche, a former prosecutor who is president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a watchdog group.
LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans mayor, pleads not guilty on corruption charges tied to alleged affair
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“Now we’ve got a jail with 900 cameras, but that’s cold comfort if no one is watching them,” said Rafael Goyeneche, a former prosecutor who is president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a New Orleans-based watchdog group.
New Orleans' jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates' audacious escape
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