Gov. Kathleen Blanco feared many people would decide to ride out Hurricane Katrina but left it to local officials to order a mandatory evacuation, she testified Tuesday in the trial of two nursing home owners charged in the drowning deaths of patients.
Prosecutors called the governor as a witness after she fought a subpoena from attorneys for Mabel and Salvador Mangano, the husband and wife who own St. Rita's nursing home.
The Manganos face 35 counts of negligent homicide. Prosecutors say they should have evacuated their patients from the nursing home in St. Bernard Parish, a coastal parish near New Orleans that was all but wiped out by flooding when Katrina hit Aug. 29, 2005.
Defense attorneys say Blanco and other public officials failed to organize an effective evacuation and help get "at-risk" people to high ground.
Under questioning by Assistant Attorney General Burton Guidry, Blanco said that until late in the day on Aug. 26, it appeared Katrina would hit Florida. She......

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