The House Judiciary Committee continues hearing articles of impeachment today. Kevin Barnhart has the story…
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The owner of a Jefferson Parish auto shop was arrested after authorities say he kidnapped a man he suspected of stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools from his business, and then used a hammer to smash the man’s hands. 37-yr-old Chad Baxter is charged with kidnapping and battery.

Advocates say after the successful implementation of 2017’s criminal justice reform, the state needs to turn its attention next to its highest in the nation percentage of inmates in prison for life without parole. Promise of Justice Attorney Jamila Johnson says attempts to include changes to life without parole sentencing in 2017 were scrapped, leaving Louisiana as a major, international outlier…
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A Loyola University study shows the number of life without parole inmates has more than quadrupled since the Legislature voted to remove parole as an option for life sentences.
The lawyer for a former Livingston Parish Sheriff’s deputy accused of child rape and child porn wants to remove himself from the case. Attorney J. David Bourland says he is (quote) “not able to proceed in an effective and sufficient manner to provide a proper and constitutional defense” of defendant Dennis Perkins. Perkins next court date is the 19th, when his attorney’s request will likely be addressed.