New Orleans Bouncer Acquitted In Student's Death

A Louisiana jury has acquitted a New Orleans bouncer in the New Year's Eve 2004 death of a Georgia college student during a melee outside a Bourbon Street club.

Arthur Irons, 43, of Slidell, the first of four bouncers to go to trial, was found not guilty in the asphyxiation death of 26-year-old Levon Jones, a Georgia Southern University student who was in New Orleans for a flag football tournament. Two friends were barred from Razzoo Bar & Patio for not meeting the dress code.

Witnesses that Jones ended up pinned face down on the sidewalk, held by the four bouncers, and that he resisted being handcuffed by police. The coroner ruled Jones' death a homicide.

One bouncer testified that Jones started the melee by sucker punching Irons in the face. Irons took the stand this morning, and the Times-Picayune provided live coverage.

Phil Spector's Murder Trial Ends In a Mistrial

Let's hope this does not become another OJ Simpson scenario.


"The murder trial of music producer Phil Spector ended today in a mistrial after the jury, leaning heavily to convict him, could not reach a unanimous verdict.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said it planned to retry the case.

Mr. Spector, 67, charged with second-degree murder in the 2003 killing of a struggling actress in his home, stared blankly forward as Judge Larry Paul Fidler of Superior Court ended the proceedings after the jury foreman reported a 10-to-2 deadlock.

The impasse came after an earlier deadlock of 7-to-5, which jurors later said also tilted toward conviction, that lead the judge to take the unusual step of sending jurors back to deliberate with new instructions, infuriating the defense.

Three jurors, speaking to reporters afterward, said the two holdouts gave credence to defense claims that the death may have been a suicide rather than a murder. Jurors at various points, they said, also had been troubled by the lack of large amounts of blood on Mr. Spector and the poor English of a witness who said he heard Mr. Spector emerge from his house and say “I think I killed somebody.”" |Red more|

Son Of Convicted Political Operative, Stan "Pampy" Barre, Trial Has Been Delayed

Stan "Pampy" Barre,III, son of convicted political operative Stan "Pampy" Barre, trial has been delayed. The new trial date has been scheduled for October 4, 2007.

In February 2006, Stan "Pampy" Barre,III was arrested in Sumner, Washington on first degree burglary, first degree theft and theft of a firearm charges.


I hope to have podcast available soon so you can hear what one of the codefendants had to say.