In House Criminal Justice members voted against a bill to remove gassing as a form of execution. They heard from John Sinquefield (Sink-field) with the AG’s office who says nitrogen is already a gas we breathe daily and changing the law to remove the use of nitrogen hypoxia to carry out the death penalty executions is unwarranted.
Former CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, Arnie Fielkow (Fill-co) urged committing members to support the bill because there are other methods of execution for death row inmates in Louisiana besides gassing.
The bill failed in committee on a 3 to 8 vote and will not advance to the House floor.
On an eight to four-vote, House Education approves legislation to create the Gator Scholarship Program that one day would allow parents of all income levels to receive taxpayer dollars to pay for private tuition. Louisiana Federation of Teacher’s President Larry Carter expressed his concerns…
The bill heads to the governor’s desk for his signature.
Thanks to social media pots, State Police say they’ve arrested three people and recovered several stolen items as part of an investigation into street takeovers by ATVs. After searching their residences in St. Bernard, St. James and East Baton Rouge Parish, Troop Nola Major Donovan Archote says they uncovered more illegal items.