The House Criminal Justice Committee voted down a bill seeking to end the death penalty in Louisiana. Bossier City Representative Raymond Crews says there needs to be severe consequences for first-degree murder and raping children under the age of 13….
cut 13 (10) “…to be expected”
The vote failed on a 10-8 vote, but a similiar bill is still alive in the Senate.

On a 10-to-4 vote, the House Criminal Justice Commitee approved a bill that would give each parish the opportunity to decide if they want to legalize fantasy sports betting. It has Baton Rouge Representative Denise Marcelle’s support…
cut 11 (09) “…from them”
If approved, Louisiana would have the opportunity to tax the businesses that run fantasy sports contests like Fan Duel and Draft Kings.
A bill by New Orleans Democratic Senator Troy Carter to ban the sale of assault rifles to people under 21 was overwhelmingly defeated on the Senate floor. Carter believes his legislation is necessary as a result of the recent mass shootings. But Central Senator Bodie White says the bill is not strong enough to stop the bad guys, who want to cause a lot of harm….
Cut 15 (12) “are insane”
The vote was 26 to 9 against.
Louisiana U-S Senator John Kennedy says he does not want to regulate Facebook, but he’ll vote to do so, if the social media site doesn’t do more to make sure users personal data is protected. Kennedy also says it’s fine if Facebook is as a place to gain information, but it shouldn’t have political bias….
cut 7 (12) “…completely neutral”