Oral arguments were heard this morning at the US Supreme Court which could deem all past non-unanimous jury convictions in Louisiana unconstitutional. The case was brought on behalf of Thedrick Edwards, a Louisiana man who is serving time on non-unanimous convictions. Attorney General Jeff Landry opposes the case on the grounds it could upend thousands of convictions, but Edwards attorney Andre Belanger says it’s about righting a historic wrong.
The Trump campaign says millions of illegal votes were counted in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy said on the Moon Griffon show that he’s still waiting on the courts to make their rulings…
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The CDC says COVID vaccines should be widely available to the public by mid-2021, however members of the Louisiana Health Equity Task Force worry that both blacks and Latinos will forgo being vaccinated. Dr. Corey Hebert who serves on the task force says it’s due to mistrust of the medical community.
The taskforce will launch a media campaign aimed at minorities about the benefits of the COVID vaccination.
Senator Bill Cassidy says Pfizer has started shipping its COVID vaccine to Louisiana and other pre-positioned sites across the country. Cassidy says a distribution plan for Louisiana is in place and local companies have been enlisted to safely transport the vaccine.