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Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson faced a new round of criticism Thursday over last week's brazen jailbreak and her response, this time from District Attorney Jason Williams, as the manhunt
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the crime scene where 10 inmates escaped from jail.
In the aftermath of the jail break, Gov. Jeff Landry and other local officials, including District Attorney Jason Williams, have pointed fingers at Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, saying mismanagement of the jail led to the escape. Follow live updates from the council's hearing below.
State representative Aimee Adatto Freeman, a Democrat from New Orleans, on Monday (May 19) called for Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to resign. “The escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish jail is an alarming failure of leadership,