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Decades-old court records were found dumped in a landfill

Clerk Darren Lombard blamed Public Works for mishandling the files

Records included major cases like capital murder and rape

Officials, including the AG, demand answers and accountability

New Orleans clerk of court staff stood ankle-deep in a massive landfill, digging through mounds of trash, to salvage court records that the city erroneously discarded.

As photos surfaced online — showing city staff scouring for the misplaced documents among heaps of garbage — city and state officials were outraged over the situation.

“This is unacceptable,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a Wednesday statement. “I have questions. I’m going to ask the Clerk for an explanation of how this happened and just

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