An East Feliciana Parish grand jury will hear a case today against a Slaughter couple accused of extreme neglect in the death of their 36-year-old daughter. 20th Judicial District D.A. Sam D’Aquilla says Lacey Fletcher had developed a mental illness and became a shut-in; literally living on the couch in Clay and Sheila Fletcher’s home. He says she was found in early January – on that sofa – dead and in horrible conditions…:
Cut 4 (08) “…jumped right on it.”
D’Aquilla believes there was intent to kill Lacey and her parents should be indicted for murder.

The percentage of Louisiana residents who support the death penalty falls from 58-percent in 2018 to 51-percent in this year’s Louisiana Survey, conducted by LSU Public Policy Research Lab. In the last three years, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Virginia have abolished the death. LSU pollster Mike Henderson says Louisiana could join them one day…
cut 12 (11) “…perhaps sooner”
An attempt to abolish the death penalty was defeated in a Senate committee this session.

A bill to improve literacy rates in Louisiana will be heard in the House this week. Mandeville Representative Richard Nelson’s bill is modeled on a Mississippi law that prohibits students with reading deficiencies by the end of the third grade to be promoted to fourth grade. Nelson says since it was enacted in the Magnolia State in 2013…
Cut 7 (10) “…grade literacy.”
The bill allows the Louisiana Department of Education to determine testing qualifications for students and the criteria for promotion to the fourth grade.

If you are planning a trip to California in the summer or fall, Allegiant Air announces they are offering 65-dollar one-way flights from Shreveport to Los Angeles and back from May 27th to November 14th. Shreveport Regional Airport Authority Mark Crawford on why Allegiant Air would offer such a low fare…
Cut 13 (10) “…each way”