The House Judiciary Committee continues hearing articles of impeachment today. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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USA Today LSU writer and Heisman voter Glenn Guilbeau believes there is a huge gap between LSU’s Joe Burrow and any other contenders for the Heisman Trophy. Kevin Barnhart has the story
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Advocates are pushing the upcomming class of lawmakers to build on the 2017 Criminal Justice Reform by taking on sentencing reform for life without parole. Matt Doyle has more.
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Impeachment proceedings continue In the House Judiciary Committee today. Following 7.5 hours of action, Judiciary Committee member and Benton Congressman Mike Johnson spoke during yesterday’s hearing saying they’ve been operating under haphazardly drawn special parameters for the hearings.
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New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond also sits on the committee and pressed staff attorneys on the basis that the President used foreign aid to Ukraine as leverage to entice that country’s government into investigating a political rival.
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Johnson says this is not the way to impeach an American President and that the American people see the proceedings as a sham.
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The Heisman Trophy finalists are now official and Joe Burrow is one step closer to being only the second LSU player to accomplish the feat. The other being Billy Cannon, 60 years ago. USA Today LSU writer and Heisman voter Glenn Guilbeau says the win appears to be a lock for Burrow.
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While the Crimson Tide had hopes of getting the trophy through much of the season, Guilbeau believes Bama QB Tua Tagovailoa’s injury has had no impact on Burrow’s chances of securing the Heisman.
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Because of LSU’s schedule, multiple wins over top ten teams, and Burrow’s consistent performance, Guilbeau believes it is a huge gap between Burrow and any other contenders for the trophy.
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Other finalists include Sooners’ QB Jalen Hurts and Buckeyes’ defensive end Chase Young and quarterback Justin Fields. The trophy presentation takes place this Saturday in New York City.
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Advocates say after the successful implementation of 2017’s criminal justice reform, the state needs to turn its attention next to its highest in the nation percentage of inmates in prison for life without parole.
Promise of Justice Attorney Jamila Johnson says attempts to include changes to life without parole sentencing in 2017 were scrapped, leaving Louisiana as a major, international outlier…
A Loyola University study shows the number of life without parole inmates has more than quadrupled since the Legislature voted to remove parole as an option for life sentences.
A Sentencing Project study showed Louisiana topped the nation in 2017 with 13 percent of it’s prison population being lifers without the chance of parole. Johnson says 51 percent of the reason is…
That 13 percent has likely increased as more inmates serving on non-violent charges are released early due to the 2017 reform.
Johnson says the incoming class of lawmakers should consider implementing sentencing reforms proposed by the Justice Reinvestment Taskforce. She says inmates need…
A Louisiana District Attorneys Association spokesperson told the Advocate sentencing changes gamble with the public’s safety, and impact victim’s famililes.
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The US Department of Justice awards jurisdictions in the Western District of Louisiana a million dollars to help boost crime-fighting efforts in cities and parishes across the region.
The DOJ handed out 376 million dollars nationwide and Western District United States Attorney David Joseph says a number of municipalities applied to get a boost to their most successful programs.
The City of Shreveport was the biggest recipient, bringing in 127,000 dollars, followed by the Rapides and Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Offices at 82,000 and 72,000 dollars respectively.
Joseph says these grants are a recognition by the feds that certain crime-fighting programs in a jurisdiction have established a provable record of success.
Louisiana was named the state with the most violent crime in the nation per capita according to FBI crime stats. Joseph says that makes us particularly likely to win these kinds of grants.
10 total jurisdictions were recipients of the DOJ grants.