Nagin Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison, the New Orleans Times Picayune reports.

“Nagin, 58, the two-term mayor who was the face of the city during Hurricane Katrina, joins a list of Louisiana elected officials convicted of misdeeds. He is New Orleans’ first mayor to be convicted and sent to prison for public corruption.”