Should marijuana laws be loosened up in Louisiana? There’s a new Public Policy Poll out saying many voters here are against extended jail time for pot possession offenders. And Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman says 2/3 of those surveys even admitted they knew someone who has had marijuana…:
CUT 14 (10) “that they know someone”
The survey also shows that 68% of people support letting certain seriously ill patients use medical marijuana with a doctor’s prescription — up 3% from last year.

State Police say a man from Geismar is dead after an accident on Highway 61 last night in East Feliciana Parish. They say 43-year-old James Kent Jr ran off the road for unknown reasons and crashed into a tree. He wasn’t bucked up, was ejected and suffered fatal injuries as a result.

A Metairie man who was wrongfully locked up for 17 years was told this week he’s entitled up to $330,000 in compensation. 40-year-old Nathan Brown was found guilty of an attempted rape he didn’t commit. Innocence Project New Orleans attorney Kristin Wenstrom says wrongful imprisonment money is capped at $250K but Brown can also get $80,000 for things like medical expenses and education…:
CUT 5 (12) “wait for months”
She says this doesn’t make up for 17 years of wrongful incarceration.

Public Service Commission member Foster Campbell says many Entergy Customers will soon receive a small refund after they were victorious in a fight to expose inflated bills. He says it’ll be $8 and Entergy Gulf States customers will get $15 and the PSC will be voting on it today…:
CUT 8 (11) “immediately”
He says they brought the suit against Entergy after finding some red flags in their billing process.