Orleans Parish district attorney defends post-conviction work [Video]

THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS SHE WILL REVIEW 40 CASES IN NEW ORLEANS, WHERE INMATES WERE RELEASED JUST DAYS BEFORE AN AUGUST 1ST LAW CHANGED. IT’S CALLED POST-CONVICTION RELIEF, AND D.A. JASON WILLIAMS HAS DONE THIS SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO MENTION HERE NOW, LAWMAKERS, THEY WANT SOME ANSWERS. THEY’VE OPENED THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION. WDSU REPORTER BRITTANY VERNER IS LIVE WITH HOW WILLIAMS IS DEFENDING HIS ACTIONS. BRITTANY. YEAH, WELL, ACCORDING TO LEADERS HERE AT THE DA’S OFFICE FOR MANY YEARS, PROSECUTORS WERE CONVICTING PEOPLE UNJUSTLY. NOW THEY’RE WORKING TO UNDO SOME OF THAT DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE. D.A. JASON WILLIAMS SAYS INSTEAD OF JUST APOLOGIZING FOR THEIR MISTAKES OR THE MISTAKES OF HIS PREDECESSORS, THEY WANT TO CORRECT THEM. AND THERE WERE MANY FACTORS THAT LED TO HIS OFFICE TAKING ON THIS WORK OF FIGHTING FOR POST CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY …