Report: Felony arrests and conviction rates improving in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Metropolitan Crime Commission report released Monday found that 42 percent of the New Orleans felony arrests led to felony convictions in 2009. That’s the highest rate since the commission began tracking in 1999 and a significant increase from the 24 percent arrest-to-conviction rate for 2007, when the watchdog group started issuing regular reports on the New Orleans …
Published Jun 20, 2011.
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