A Baton Rouge man is accused of raping a four-year-old, and the district attorney is considering pursuing the death penalty. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore says the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional in cases in which the victim survived, and most states repealed their statutes. But Louisiana didn’t.
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Moore says if the death penalty is off the table, he’s also considering castration against Anthony Jelks.
Florida will soon become the first state in the country to exempt all children from routine childhood vaccines as a condition of enrolling in school. Senator Bill Cassidy, who’s a medical doctor by trade, says it’s a bad decision.
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Cassidy says the childhood vaccines have been administered for years; and up until now, school districts in all 50 states have required them.
A back-up defensive tackle for LSU is off the team, but the Tigers starting center has a good chance to play Saturday against Florida. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The Humane Society of Louisiana is challenging you to perform at least one random act of kindness to animals over the course of the next 30 days. Founder and Director Jeff Dorson this is the first year that the Humane Society is doing the “Be Kind To Animals 30-Day Challenge.”