NEW ORLEANS MAYOR RAY NAGIN SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM
U.S. Rep. William Jefferson speaks before New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's inauguration for a second term at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on June 1, 2006. The convention center is the site where thousands of New Orleans residents were stranded for days after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city last year. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was sentenced Friday to 13 years in federal prison for bribery and racketeering.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A bankruptcy trustee has determined that former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., may be poor enough to file for bankruptcy under more restrictive new laws.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, who faces a prison term and forfeiture of almost $500,000, and his wife have filed for bankruptcy in Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Defense attorneys for the brother of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., say the case for Mose Jefferson in a New Orleans court will be a long one.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The older brother of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., appeared in a federal court in New Orleans on bribery charges, authorities say.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Jurors in the bribery trial of Mose Jefferson may carry a bias because he is the brother of a convicted former Louisiana congressman, defense lawyers said.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Virginia Wednesday found former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., guilty of corruption charges.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Virginia failed to reach a verdict Tuesday in the corruption trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A third day of jury deliberations in the public corruption case against former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., began Monday in Alexandria, Va.