On again, off again – as of this morning, the execution of Jessie Hoffman is off. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Hoffman is a practicing Buddhist and his lawyers say killing him with nitrogen gas would interfere with Buddhist breathing exercises, which would be a violation of religious freedoms. Hoffman agrees he deserves to die for killing Molly Elliot in St. Tammany Parish in 1996, but he would prefer a different form of execution, including firing squad.
Morgan City Police arrest a 71-year-old woman on animal cruelty charges after finding several dead cats inside her home. Captain John Schaff says officers came across the scene while conducting a welfare check on Sheri Hite. Schaff says officers saw a dead cat through a window and smelled a strong odor. Upon entering, they discovered many more dead cats
Schaff says Hite told officers she picked up the cats from Baton Rouge to take care of them and planned to dispose of the cats found in the freezer.
When Congress approved a continuing resolution to keep the government open late last week, it also kept the flood insurance program going for the next few months. Senator Bill Cassidy says it’s time to stop with the short-term extensions and approve a bill to keep the NFIP going for at least the next two years…
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