New Orleans judge allows accused Bourbon Street murderer to await trial at home in Miss.

First the animals that murdered the tourist . Now here is a pic of the judge but I’m sure you could have guessed what she looked like

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A New Orleans judge has made the unusual decision to allow a woman accused of murdering a man on Bourbon Street last summer to await trial at home in Mississippi, court records show. Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Nandi Campbell on Dec. 18 granted permission for accused killer Mia Lindsey to leave Louisiana and stay on “24/7 home incarceration” at her residence in Columbia, Miss., while awaiting trial in New Orleans, records show.

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Lindsey, 22, was indicted in October by an Orleans Parish grand jury on charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. Campbell set her bond at $525,000 at the Dec. 18 hearing. Her attorney has filed court notice of a “possible justification defense.” Lindsey is accused of firing gunshots in the 600 block of Bourbon Street around 4:07 a.m. on June 22, one of which struck 39-year-old bystander Christopher Oatts Jr. in the head, killing the father of two from Altamonte Springs, Fla. Oatts, a warehouse manager for SeaWorld in Orlando, was making a weekend tourist visit to New Orleans with siblings and cousins when he was killed

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New Orleans police said Lindsey fled the scene of the fatal Bourbon Street shooting in June and was tracked down and arrested two days later in Columbia, Miss., through a joint operation involving the NOPD, Louisiana State Police, the FBI New Orleans violent crime task force, Columbia (Miss.) Police and the Marion County (Miss.) Sheriff’s Office. Veteran prosecutors said it is extremely rare for a murder defendant to be granted permission to leave the state while their trial is pending, particularly when the suspect had to be hunted as a fugitive. Available online court records give no indication of the judge’s reasoning for the decision. The records also do not indicate that the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office lodged an objection to Lindsey being allowed to leave the state.

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Campbell and Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams are former colleagues at Williams’ criminal defense firm. Campbell, elected to the criminal court bench in November 2020, was the judge chosen to swear Williams into office at a January 2021 ceremony.

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Scheduled to face trial along with Mia Lindsey are two 26-year-old co-defendants -- Mariah Campbell and Cameron Lindsey.

Mariah Campbell is charged with accessory after the fact and has been free since posting a $50,000 bond in July. Cameron Lindsey is charged with obstruction of justice and had bond set at $5,000. Court records show Judge Campbell also granted him permission to leave the jurisdiction at a Dec. 4 hearing. Nah nothing corrupt at all