Grand Jury indicts Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill

[Eugene]

Source: WDSU-TV

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has been indicted by an Orleans Parish grand jury on 16 felony counts tied to a letter she sent to several Orleans Parish leaders after lawmakers passed a bill combining the Orleans Parish courts.

The grand jury met on July 2 and reviewed evidence from special prosecutor Laurie White. Jurors returned a true bill, which means they found probable cause for the charges to move forward.

The indictment includes eight counts of public intimidation and eight counts of malfeasance in office.

The public intimidation counts fall under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:122. The law generally bars threats, intimidation or pressure meant to influence how a public official does their job.

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Updated: 8:34 PM CDT Jul 2, 2026
Erin Lowrey
Bun Choum


Read more: https://www.wdsu.com/article/louisiana-attorney-general-liz-murrill-grand-jury/71806586

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From Wikipedia:

Elizabeth Murrill (née Baker; born 1963) is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Republican Party, she is serving as the 46th attorney general of Louisiana since January 2024. Prior to this, she served as solicitor general of Louisiana from 2015 to 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Murrill

[rampartd]

1. this should probably be plea bargained

orleans parish had 2 clerks of court. elected positions. divided by criminal and civil functions.

they each have a civil service staff, so maybe 1 clerk can manage, but it is a matter of our city charter, not really the business of republicans in baton rouge.

but then we elected calvin duncan. i'll just quote his wikipedia ...

Calvin F. Duncan (born 1962 or 1963) is an American legal advocate and prisoner rights activist. As a teenager, in 1982, he was arrested for murder, then convicted and imprisoned at Louisiana State Penitentiary for most of 28 and a half years. While imprisoned, and with only a ninth-grade education, Duncan taught himself criminal law, and served as a jailhouse lawyer, helping other convicts get their release.

Following his release after a plea bargain, Duncan founded and co-founded multiple foundations to protect prisoners' legal rights, was instrumental in successfully bringing a case to the United States Supreme Court, was exonerated of the murder, earned a Juris Doctor degree from Lewis & Clark Law School at the age of 60, and co-wrote his memoir, The Jailhouse Lawyer, which became a best-seller.

that is 28 years in angola . for a crime he did not commit. he somehow read the law and fought back. our "law and order" crowd translates that as being "uppity.'

i need to look up a few reviews of his book by these regressives.

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2. K&R