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• Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades but later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024..
• (The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Thursday at age 97..
• Attorneys for the Innocence Project New Orleans presented evidence that detectives and prosecutors in the case had withheld critical information before Adams’ 1990 conviction.Adams later received $1.25 million in a court settlement.Connick repeatedly declined to comment on the cases..
• In 1996, Connick defeated a Black challenger and gave credit to Mayor Marc Morial, whose supporters campaigned heavily for Connick.Connick did not seek reelection in 2002 and was succeeded by Eddie Jordan, a former U.S. attorney who oversaw the successful prosecution of former Louisiana Gov..
• (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)FILE - Relaxing after his apparent victory in the district attorney race, challenger Harry Connick Sr. contemplates the race he ran against formidable incumbent Jim Garrison, in New Orleans, La., Dec. 16, 1973..
• His voice sometimes wavered, but even in his later years Connick was spry and enthusiastic on stage, dancing and waving to the crowd.His music was also politically useful..