Wiki says Englehardt was the judge who originally sentenced them...am I missing something?

but then again so is what the prosecutors did. They were idiots to risk a case by posting anonymous comments on the website of a newspaper. I wonder if they can be retried or if the case is so tainted now that no one would dare try to prosecute it.

It is easy to presume that federal attorneys were "idiots", but if they were idiots, would they have gotten through law school?

Smart people can do dumb things. Maybe they aren't idiots per se, but they acted like idiots.

And the massive coverup of Bush's crimes against humanity in NOLA continues

Judge Englehardt is the Judge that sentenced these men following the trials but the weird part is that he then chewed out the prosecutors for plea-bargaining for highly lenient sentences. Now he reverses course and blasts those same federal prosecutors for creating a "prejudicial, poisonous atmosphere" in talking to the media. This sounds like judicial error since the Judge can at any time issue a gag order to prevent just what he is complaining about here. And what about the obvious conflict of interest that a Judge can overturn a conviction that he presided over. One would hope that this ruling is appealed and overturned. But then Judge Englehardt was appointed by none other than George W. Bush.

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/04/new-orleans-cops-sentenced-katrina-killings-danziger-bridge/

This is why we need another 8 years of Democratic presidency.