Clemency hearings for death row prisoners scheduled to begin next week will likely not happen after a settlement was reached between district attorneys and the Louisiana Pardon Board. East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore led a legal effort to stop the hearings, and he says this settlement means only a handful of death row inmates would be eligible…
Cut 10 (11) “…be placed.”
Attorneys representing the death row inmates are planning to appeal the settelement.

33-year-old Morgan Freche (Fur-chay), a former Tangipahoa Parish teacher, faces third-degree rape charges in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a now 17-year-old student. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says even if the sexual relationship was consensual, it’s still considered rape, because a minor was involved
Cut 13 (09) “… third-degree-rape.”

The Environmental Defense Action Fund is running TV commercials in Louisiana that are urge gubernatorial candidates to make sure coastal restoration is among their top priorities if they are elected into the governor’s mansion. Director of federal affairs Cathleen Berthelot says 80-percent of coastal projects are funded by BP oil spill settlement funds and that money will dry up over the next ten years…
cut 5 (12) “…the issue”

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association will keep the playoff format they used last year for football, basketball, baseball and softball after members schools voted overwhelmingly to keep the definition of a select school in place. Todd Black, is a co-host for the Louisiana Prep Scoreboard show…
cut 16 (16) “…these days”