NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two New Orleans police officers were sentenced Thursday to prison for their federal convictions stemming from the fatal beating of a 48-year-old handyman.
U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon sentenced Officer Melvin Williams to 21 years and 10 months in prison for violating Raymond Robair’s constitutional rights by kicking and beating him with a baton during an encounter in the city’s Treme neighborhood on July 30, 2005.
Williams’ partner was sentenced to five years and 10 months.
 
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