Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Wednesday that a special prosecutor dropped all felony criminal charges against her, weeks after she was indicted on accusations of threatening the jobs of New Orleans officials who fought a Republican-led overhaul of courts in the heavily Democratic city.
The case was put on hold almost immediately after the July 2 indictment, when the Louisiana Supreme Court said the local court and special prosecutor did not follow procedures surrounding the indictment. The announcement from Murrill, a Republican, came a day after New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams, Mayor Helena Moreno and five City Council members sent a letter urging the special prosecutor to drop the case.
