The Louisiana House approves legislation that would result in a long prison sentence for anyone convicted of intentionally infecting another person with an incurable sexually transmitted disease. The bill passed the House on a 68-18 vote, but it got some pushback from New Orleans Democrat Jason Hughes, who says sexually active adults will look at this new law and decide not to get tested so they’re protected from this kind of conviction.
Monroe Democrat Pat Moore authored the bill and says she has no sympathy for people who knowingly give a sexually transmitted infection to another person or a person who is sexually active and refuses to get tested.
Moore’s bill still needs Senate approval, and the legislative session must end Thursday, June 12th.
With hurricane season now here, the state is ready for whatever Mother Nature has in store. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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It’s been more than two and a half weeks since ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail; and two remain on the loose. Among them is 32-year-old Antoine Massey, who recently posted a video onto Instagram saying, among other things, that he’s innocent. State Police Superintendent Colonel Robert Hodges says the courtroom is where Massey should state his case.
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