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Why Liz Murrill keeps prosecuting Louisiana corruption cases

Sheriff Susan Hutson’s indictment adds her to a laundry list of New Orleans elected officials to face corruption charges over the years.But the charges she faces stand apart from those against other allegedly crooked Crescent City politicians in one significant way: They landed in New Orleans’ Criminal District Court building at Tulane Avenue and Broad Street, rather than at the federal courthouse in the Central Business District.

Sheriff Susan Hutson’s indictment Wednesday on malfeasance charges adds her to a laundry list of New Orleans elected officials to face corruption charges over the years.
But her charges stand apart from those against other allegedly crooked Crescent … [3911 chars]

Source: Baton Rouge Advocate | Published: 2026-04-30T09:00:00Z

Credit: Baton Rouge Advocate

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