Today, a grand jury considers the case against a Terrebonne Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed 14-year-old Cameron Tillman last September. Eric Gill reports…
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LSU President and Chancellor F King Alexander says he’s waiting for a plan to gain traction that will minimize potentially deep budget cuts to higher ed. Scott Carwile has the story…
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In the latest in the ongoing Robert Durst matter, the multi-millionaire New York real estate heir was denied bond in court in New Orleans. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Today, a grand jury will consider the case against a Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed 14-year-old Cameron Tillman last September. The Sheriff’s Department says Deputy Preston Norman fired in self-defense after Tillman appeared to be holding a gun. Legal analyst Tim Meche says the grand jury will hear evidence and testimony, possibly from Norman, himself…
Relatives of others who were at the abandoned house with Tillman say he was not holding a weapon. Testimony could last until tomorrow. Meche says there are two keys to this grand jury investigation: Norman’s ability to articulate the reasons he fired and the demeanor of the prosecutor…
The FBI is also looking into this case. Meche says it’s difficult to predict what the grand jury will decide. But he says if the case is presented fairly, it should turn out in Norman’s favor. Meche says the big question here is whether it was necessary for Norman to fire in order to protect human life…
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LSU President and Chancellor F King Alexander says 2,000 classes will be cancelled and every LSU employee will have to be furloughed if the legislature doesn’t restore the massive cut to higher education that’s proposed in Governor Bobby Jindal’s budget. Alexander says he and five members of the LSU Board of Supervisors recently met with Jindal about the dire situation
Alexander says says there are numerous plans floating around that seek to prevent huge cuts to higher education. But it’s unclear if any of them will receive the support of the legislature and the governor
Cut 8 (09) “revenue generation”
Alexander says the proposed budget for next fiscal year will only provide LSU with 30-million dollars in state funding, a reduction from 110-million dollars this fiscal year. He says students and alumni need to speak up loudly against this type of cut
Cut 9 (06) “not being passive”
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In the latest in the ongoing Robert Durst matter, the multi-millionaire New York real estate heir was denied bond in court in New Orleans. Durst, who is accused of killing Susan Berman 15 years ago in California, is facing weapons and drug charges in The Big Easy. New Orleans criminal defense lawyer Chick Foret says bond hearings determine flight risk which Durst certainly is:
Foret says now the DA has to decide what they will formally charge Durst with. The multi-millionaire will remain in jail pending the disposition of those charges. Durst’s attorney Dick DeGuerin says his client was arrested illegally on March 14th and it was orchestrated to coincide with the HBO documentary “The Jinx.” Foret says the New Orleans case will be first…:
Foret says the guns/drug charges will likely be a harder fight than even the murder case in LA and if the 71-year-old is sentenced to 20, 15 or even 10 years it would essentially be a life sentence because of his condition and age. He doesn’t think the DA in Los Angeles minds that Durst is in Louisiana…:
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A 30-year-old Baton Rouge heroin user will spend at least 6 years in prison on charges related to the death of his girlfriend from a fatal overdose. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore says Brandon Eirick pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin…:
Cut 13 (10) “death of his girlfriend”
Moore says the evidence showed that Eirick purchased the heroin earlier in the day, and he and Leah Hitchinson shot each other up. He says since the Eirick supplied Hitchinson with the heroin that lead to her death, he was charged…:
Cut 14 (11) “negligent homicide”
Law enforcement have raised concerns about the explosion of heroin use. Moore hopes a sentence like this will be an example of the consequences of being associated with this deadly drug. He says now the lives of two families have been completely wrecked because of this…:
Cut 15 (09) “deadly consequences”
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The number one ranked LSU baseball team will resume its rivalry with Tulane tonight at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans. The Fighting Tigers are 21-and-3 overall, while the Green Wave are 17-and-7. LSU Coach Paul Mainieri says he’s been impressed how Tulane is playing this year, under first year head coach David Pierce
Cut 16 (13) “good about themselves”
It should be an emotional game for LSU hitting coach and recruiting coordinator Andy Cannizaro, who is a former all-american shorstop at Tulane. He helped the Green Wave reach the College World Series in 2001. Mainieri is interested to see how Tulane fans will react to Cannizaro
Cut 17 (14) “baseball history”
Looks like LSU has found a new lead-off hitter. Senior Chris Sciambra was inserted into the line-up on Friday and drove in four runs in game two against Arkansas and then had four hits in the series finale. Mainieri is proud the Baton Rouge native is able to contribute…
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