According to the Advocate, Attorney General Jeff Landry favors Louisiana’s current split jury law, which requires 10 of 12 jurists to convict a suspect in a felony case. A constitutional amendment is on the November 6th ballot that would change Louisiana’s law, requiring unanimous verdicts.

A Kenner mom is under arrest after allegedly assaulting the citizens who rescued her 11 month and 3 year-old children from a hot car. Kenner Police Lt. Michael Cunningham says cameras showed the citizens helping the children exit the vehicle and after the mother discovered this, Cunningham says the mother ran out, and started punching the good Samaritans.
Cut 6 (10) “called 911”.
The mother, 22-year-old Shawnise Sherman, was arrested and booked with Simple battery and Child Desertion.

Colorado State University hurricane researchers continue to predict a below average season. Researcher Phil Klotzbach says a major contributing factor is the cold temperature of the tropical Atlantic Ocean waters….
cut 3 (11) “…for storm”
Klotzbach says we haven’t had a named storm since July 15th and 2009 was the last time a name storm had not formed between July 15th and August 6th.

Investigation Discovery will air a two-hour documentary tonight called “Sugar Town,” which examines the controversial death of Victor White the Third. The 22-year-old black man died from a gunshot wound he sustained while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser in New Iberia. Louisiana State Police and the Iberia Parish coroner say White shot himself, but White’s family says that can’t be the case. Journalist Tony Brown agrees…
cut 9 (09) “…Jimmy Hoffa”
The show begins at 7 PM.