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November 4, 2015
November 5th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  TURN PRISIONERS LOOSE IN LOUISIANA?  We have been hearing for years that Louisiana has the world’s highest incarceration rate. There are currently some 40,000 Bayou State residents behind bars, at a cost of $350 million a year. The conventional wisdom from numerous officials in Louisiana is that our prisons...
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Is it time to open up the prison doors and let all non-violent convicts out? Many politicians are saying so to save money. Is that a justifiable reason to cut sentences or move many prisons in to re-hab programs? And just who is a non-violent felon? Is the driver of the getaway car at a...
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Hey, we have a lively program this weekend. Have you heard of approval voting? Voters can vote for as many candidates as they want. Aaron Hamlin, director of The Center for Election Science will join us. Then we will explore the pros and cons of being in a relationship with someone who has opposing political...
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  How better to spend a rainy Halloween night in Baton Rouge than with the guy who made probably the most famous touchdown run in college football history 56 years ago on a similar rainy Halloween night? I was with the Tiger legend at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday, the same time All American...
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