District Attorney Jason Williams

DA Williams campaigned against cash bail and called for alternatives to prison. Williams' office dismissed 937 of the city's 1,411 violent felony cases during his first months in office, which amounts to 66% of violent crime arrests. Tourism has plummeted in New Orleans.

On December 5, 2020, New Orleans elected its first ever progressive District Attorney.  Jason Williams, who was a criminal defense lawyer for over 20 years before being elected, replaced former DA Leon Cannizzaro, described by New Orleans papers as a traditional tough on crime prosecutor.  An unprecedented coalition of grassroots justice organizations came together over […]