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Twenty of Us Were Shot on Mother’s Day, But New Orleans Dropped the Attempted Murder Charges

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A year ago, two gunmen fired into a crowd allegedly trying to kill one person. Why did the authorities drop the the counts against them?

Mark Hertsgaard
Mark Hertsgaard
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Mark Hertsgaard

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