Edwards Trial
NOP2000041903 - 19 APRIL 2000 - NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards strolls back into the U.S. District Courthouse in Baton Rouge after a break in his federal racketeering trial April 19. aj/A.J. Sisco UPI
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NEW ORLEANS, July 6 (UPI) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, freed from house arrest Wednesday, looked forward to his wedding and his 84th birthday.
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- John Volz, the former federal prosecutor in New Orleans, died this weekend in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 74, his family said.
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, released from prison Thursday after serving eight years for bribery and fraud, could go on a book tour, a friend said.
BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards' ex-wife, Candy Picou Edwards, was hurt during a domestic dispute with her child's father, authorities allege.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 (UPI) -- A looming decision on whether former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., should take the witness stand at his corruption trial is a tough one, experts say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Before leaving office, U.S. President George W. Bush rejected clemency pleas from former lawmakers Randall "Duke" Cunningham, Edwin Edwards and Mario Biaggi.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards remained in prison this Thanksgiving, without the hoped-for sentence commutation from U.S. President George Bush.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Some well-known convicts are pleading for mercy directly to U.S. President George Bush before he leaves office in January, administration officials said.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- New Orleans political strategist Mose Jefferson says high-profile lawyer Michael Fawer will represent him in his bribery trial.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- A former Republican governor of Louisiana has asked President George Bush to pardon former Democratic Gov. Edwin Edwards.
