The state revises COVID guidelines for schools to keep kids in the classroom as much as possible. Brooke Thorington has more…:

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Deputies in Jefferson Parish shot and killed a man during an encounter in Marrero Wednesday. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says his officers responded to a 9-1-1 call and found the man sitting in his vehicle. He refused to exit the car. As they stood in front of the vehicle, he cranked it up and – worried he was about to try to hit them – they opened fire. The matter is under investigation.

The state Supreme Court says it will consider whether the state’s ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts should apply retroactively. The U.S. Supreme Court has already declined to rule on the matter. Loyola University law professor Dane Ciolino says it’s difficult to predict how the state’s high court will rule…:

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Advocates argue the split jury verdict law has a racist history, but the Attorney General’s office says because having to re-try hundreds of old cases would be a disaster.

Third Judicial District Attorney John Belton plans to pursue criminal charges against those involved in the 2019 fatal arrest of Ronald Greene, but he’s waiting for the U-S Justice Department to complete its investigation. Greene died in Union Parish, where Belton has local jurisdiction. He says while the federal investigation has taken time, it has produced results…:

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