Constitutional Amendment 2 has passed and Louisiana will soon require an unanimous jury decision for a felony conviction . Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Two Louisiana Congressman could be looking at new career options now that the House has flipped to the Democrats. Matt Doyle has more.
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Your parish may have voted to legalize fantasy sports, but it’s likely you will wait until at least the 2019 NFL season before you have a chance to play in an online game. Matt Doyle has more..
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Constitutional Amendment 2 has passed, so beginning with arrests in 2019 an unanimous jury decision will be needed for a conviction in felony cases, instead of the current standard of 10 of 12 jurors. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Louisiana will join nearly every other state in how felony convictions are handled.
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Ciolino says Amendment 2 would not affect juries for offenses that were committed before the New Year.
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Ciolino there will still be trials that will take place under the old system after Amendment 2 becomes law.
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The Democrats have retaken the House, leaving Congress split after Republicans maintained their majority in the Senate. That could mean new opportunities for Louisiana officials like Democrat Congressman Cedric Richmond, who political analyst Clancy DuBos says could be in line for a promotion.
And someone faced with a very different set of questions, Republican House Whip Steve Scalise, could decide to chase a new race. Scalise was reportedly eying a run at Speaker, but with the GOP on the outs there, DuBos says Scalise could be on his way home for the 2019 governor’s race, if he can break a promise to not leave Washington.
And with that newfound power in DC, DuBos says he expects Democrats be open the flood gates on a series of investigations targeting the President and his supporters, who until now have been shielded from that Congress.
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Representative Garret Graves successfully clenched his re-election for the 6th Congressional District seat. Now that he’s off the campaign trail and headed back to work in DC, the South Louisiana congressman says he’s got already got a plan as to what he is working on next.
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Graves says he’s looking forward to working with those across the aisle to best represent the American people.
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Representative Mike Johnson also successfully secured his re-election for the 4th Congressional District. Johnson says he is also in a race to be the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of Republicans in the Congress, and that decision will be made later this month.
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Johnson says the Dems taking of the House is a bit concerning, but is hoping for the ability to work together to continue to move the ball forward for the American people.
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Fantasy sports fans are asking what’s next now that several parishes have legalized online fantasy sports betting, and the only answer we do have is: you’ll have to wait until next year to find out. Public Affairs Research Council President Robert Scott says now its up to the legislature to fill in the details for parishes that voted yes.
Online fantasy sports allow gamers to pay to compete with each other to see who can pick the athletes in a certain sport who will have the best performance that week.
The biggest question is how, or if the state will squeeze the newly legal activity for cash. Scott says the legislature has not tipped its hand on just how it would look at the revenue side of the issue.
But for those living in parishes that voted no, there’s another question all together: how do you prevent them from accessing the online game? The two major companies, FanDuel and DraftKings, say they can lock certain players out depending on their location, but Scott says it’s likely not that easy as people travel from parish to parish.
Those questions will likely be answered in the 2019 regular session.
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LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow says nothing went right versus Alabama, but they can’t let that one game ruin their season. Burrow says the goal is to finish the season strong…
LSU can start a new winning streak this Saturday at Arkansas. Temperatures for Saturday night’s game are expected to be in the low 40s. That doesn’t bother Burrow who is from Ohio and he doesn’t have any advice for his teammates who are from the South….
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After getting blown out by 42 on the road to Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech is back at home to take on Conference USA foe Rice at 6:00 at Joe Aillet Stadium. Skip Holtz says last Saturday was a bad performance by his team and they look to make amends this weekend…
Holtz on what they’ll do to make sure they get a win on Saturday against a Rice team that has just one win…