Tag: Magistrate Carol Kiff

A Bleg to the Slabbed Nation

I have a bleg that relates to yesterday’s post on Magistrate Carol Kiff releasing convict James Buisson from the pokey so the guy could attend the NFC Championship game. We’ve received email  inquiries asking how James Buisson was related to Chehardy Sherman spokesman/political consultant Greg Buisson with the gist being some think James is Greg’s son thus there may be more to the release than was first reported. We’ve sent out email inquires and I know this is a hot behind the scene’s topic in Jefferson Parish based on the chatter we’re hearing. We want to get this right so any authoritative clarification is most welcome. Thanks.

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Justice can wait part deux: Local Magistrate releases inmate because he had tickets to the NFC Championship

From the you can’t make this stuff up file I ran across a story in today’s Times Picayune that highlighted Jefferson Parish Magistrate Carol Kiff releasing an inmate so he could attend the NFC Championship game. Does anyone else wonder how the perpetrator could afford Saints tickets but not his court costs and probation fees? Paul Purpura has the story for the Times Picayune:

A 24th Judicial District Court magistrate released a Metairie man from jail for two days last month so he could attend the Jan. 24 NFC championship game.

But James Buisson, 31, who was jailed on a probation violation, returned two days late to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.

The order from Magistrate Commissioner Carol Kiff freeing Buisson caught correctional officers by surprise, leading them to double check with the magistrate to ensure it was accurate, Sheriff Newell Normand said.

“Release from 1-23-10 at noon until 1-25-10 at noon so he can go to the Saints-Vikings game – He has tickets,” Kiff wrote in the Jan. Continue reading “Justice can wait part deux: Local Magistrate releases inmate because he had tickets to the NFC Championship”