Legislation to allow judges the discretion to sentence one who commits sexual crimes, and the victim is under the age of 13 to surgical castration clears the Senate on a 29 to 9 vote. Bill sponsor Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says way too many children are being molested and raped…
Gonzales Senator Edward Price says while he recognizes the horrific nature of such a crime…
Physical castration also applies if the perpetrator is female.The bill now heads to the House.
Senate Governmental Affairs approves legislation to give the governor the authority to choose the chairperson and officers of state boards and commissions. Shreveport Senator Sam Jenkins questioned whether it’s a good thing for the governor to also have the authority to pick a chairperson…
The measure was approved without objection.
The search continues for the person who fatally shot a driver of an 18-wheeler in what authorities in Caddo Parish describe as a road rage incident. Sergeant Casey Jones with the sheriff’s office says it happened Tuesday morning on I-20 in Greenwood…
Jones says the driver of the 18-wheeler was seen trying to flee on foot before he was shot by the driver of an SUV, that then left the scene headed westbound on I-20.