LRN Newscast 06-29-15

The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association is now urging all state clerks offices to comply with the Supreme Court Ruling to allow gay couples to receive marriage licenses. Jefferson Parish was the first to comply, and now many parishes have joined in…
CUT 5 (10) Q: “married”
That’s Sarah Jane Brady with Forum For Equality Louisiana.

The US Supreme Court also rules a controversial drug called midazolam (muh-DAZZLE-um) can be used for lethal injections. Gary Clements, an anti-death penalty lawyer in New Orleans, is disappointed with the ruling…
CUT 6 (10) “lot of sense”
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An associate professor at LSU has been fired after using foul language and telling sexually-themed jokes to students…
CUT 2 (29) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

A Shreveport man who was stuck on death row for three decades before new evidence revealed he was innocent, has died at the age of 65. Glen Ford was released in March of last year, and was battling stage 4 lung cancer. Ford was held in solitary confinement at Angola, and had been the longest-serving death-row inmate in the US, until he was exonerated.