As the search continues for seven of the ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail on Friday, Governor Jeff Landry has ordered an audit on the jail that will be conducted by the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Landry also wants the state’s Inspector General to get an inventory of the inmates in the Orleans Parish jail who have been convicted of crimes, but are still awaiting sentencing. He says one of the escapees has been awaiting sentencing for eight months…
Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson says defective locks, a breached wall, and possible assistance from the inside led to what is believed to be the largest jail break in the state’s history.
Not the result everyone in West Baton Rouge Parish wanted last night, but 18-year-old John Foster of Addis won the hearts of everyone in Louisiana and across the country. Foster made it all the way to the final two of American Idol, before finishing second behind Jamal Roberts of Mississippi. There was a watch party at the Walk-On’s in Brusly, and people there said no matter the final outcome, Foster is a winner in their books.
Cut 11 (11) “…really good also.”
A New Orleans Judge has ruled that Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the private attorneys her office has hired can not assist the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office in an effort to carry out the death sentence against former New Orleans Police officer Antoinette Frank, who killed her partner and two restaurant owners in a robbery in 1995. Murrill disagrees with Judge Kimya Holmes’ judgement that this is neither a criminal nor a civil proceeding…
cut 14 (11) “…a civil proceeding”