{"id":21554,"date":"2014-07-10T09:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T13:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=21554"},"modified":"2014-07-10T09:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:55:09","slug":"former-maig-mayor-ray-nagin-gets-10-years-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/former-maig-mayor-ray-nagin-gets-10-years-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MAIG Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJ3i6TjwIGo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ray Nagin, 58, got slapped with 10 years behind bars in a federal prison on Wednesday for a slew of transgressions he perpetrated while serving as mayor of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Nagin was convicted five months ago on 20 of 21 counts of bribery, wire fraud, tax evasion and other charges, and will likely serve out his sentence at a minimum security federal detention center in Oakdale, Louisiana,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/crime\/index.ssf\/2014\/07\/ray_nagin_sentenced_prison.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"former-maig-mayor-ray-nagin-gets-10-years-corruption\" title=\"Former MAIG Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Times-Picayune reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A former member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, billionaire business magnate Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s pro-gun control organization, Nagin served as mayor during Hurricane Katrina, presiding over the city&#8217;s controversial decision to go door to door and confiscate firearms from law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21556\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/images.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"former-maig-mayor-ray-nagin-gets-10-years-corruption\" title=\"Former MAIG Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for corruption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21556\" title=\"Former MAIG Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for corruption\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/images.jpg\" alt=\"Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin maintains his innocence despite the fact that a jury of his peers convicted him on 20 of 21 counts of corruption, bribery, and other charges.  (Photo: Right Perspective.org)\" width=\"214\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/images.jpg 214w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/images-136x150.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin maintains his innocence despite the fact that a jury of his peers convicted him on 20 of 21 counts of corruption-related charges. (<em>Photo: Right Perspective.org<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upon delivering the sentence to the two-term mayor, U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan spoke about what went into deciding the man&#8217;s fate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I must impose a sentence that I feel is sufficient but not greater than necessary,&#8221; she said, adding &#8220;the seriousness of Mr. Nagin&#8217;s offenses can hardly be overstated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some have argued that Nagin got off easy with the 10-year sentence as he was facing 20 or more years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Though, from Nagin&#8217;s perspective, it appears that&#8217;s more time in\u00a0an orange jumpsuit than what he expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you know, all of this is pretty surreal to me,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdsu.com\/news\/local-news\/new-orleans\/ray-nagin-ive-been-targeted-smeared-tarnished\/26866812#!bceXTy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"former-maig-mayor-ray-nagin-gets-10-years-corruption\" title=\"Former MAIG Mayor Ray Nagin gets 10 years for corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDSU<\/a>. \u201cI still maintain my innocence. We&#8217;re going to appeal this thing and, you know, it&#8217;s just something that&#8217;s very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about how things went south so fast, Nagin said, &#8220;Well, in my opinion, I&#8217;ve been targeted, smeared, tarnished and for some reason some of the stances that I took after Katrina didn&#8217;t sit well with some very powerful people. So now I&#8217;m paying the price for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Orleans Mayor and member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison on Wednesday.  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