Governor John Bel Edwards participated in a criminal justice reform event organized by the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington DC today. The Edwards Administration helped passed ten new laws allowing for the early release of non-violent prisoners. Nearly two-thousand were released earlier this month. Edwards says he is keeping his campaign promise to lower the jail population…
U.S. Senator John Kennedy says Edwards criminal justice reform effort isn’t working. In response to the Governor’s visit, he cites some who were released under the new guidelines are already back in jail…
Five years ago, a sinkhole formed in Bayou Corne resulting in the mandatory evacuation of 350 people. Emelie Gunn has more on a new documentary on the sinkhole’s impact.
A Livingston Parish woman is under arrest after allegedly falsely claiming she was raped by a sheriff’s deputy. 38-year-old Sherri Penton claimed a deputy sexually assaulted her in his car after meeting on an internet dating site. The trooper claimed the sex was consensual. State police says they didn’t find evidence in the deputy’s car. Penton is at the East Baton Rouge Jail.