Legislation that would expand the methods Louisiana can use to carry out a death sentence is nearing final legislative passage. The Louisiana Senate approved the bill that would allow the state to use the electric chair or nitrogen gas to end a death row inmate’s life. New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis voted against the proposal…
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Religious arguments were also made against the bill and opponents also called the death penalty inhumane. But Turkey Creek Senator Heather Cloud says the death penalty is already legal in Louisiana and it’s time to re-start executions in the state by requiring that lethal injections records sealed…
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The last execution in Louisiana was in 2010 as the state can not obtain the drugs needed to carry out a lethal injection.
The permitless concealed handgun bill has received final legislative approval in the House and the lower chamber also sent a bill to the governor’s desk that will result in 17-year-olds who commit felonies to be treated as adults. Democrats fought back against both proposals. Baton Rouge Representative Denise Marcelle on the legislation that puts 17-year-old offenders in the adult prison system…
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The body of 19-year-old Sheryl Turner of New Iberia was positively identified as the one found on January 24th in the Ouachita River. She was last seen alive around New Year’s. Catahoula Parish Sheriff Toney Edwards says they are following up on leads which includes Turner’s social media activity and friends.
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Turner’s dismembered body was found floating in the Ouachita River by a fisherman approximately three miles north of Jonesville.