172 Pounds of Meth Seized by LSP

State police make largest seizure of meth this year; street value estimated at $4.2 million
By C.J. Lin
September 20, 2009, 3:08PM

A seizure of 172 pounds of crystal meth shortly after midnight today marks the largest seizure of the year for state police and the third largest in state history, according to State Police Troop L.

The estimated street value of the meth is more than $4.2 million, said spokesman Sgt. Louis Calato. KEEP READING

A Question of Justice - Juvenile Justice Gone Awry

Our daughter forwarded us an editorial in The New York Times on juvenile justice in the United States "12 and in Prison" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/opinion/28tue1.html?scp=1&sq=12%20and%20in%20prison&st=cse) that notes that trying juveniles as adults is "terrible public policy." Children sentenced as adults are more likely to become repeat violent offenders and The New York Times calls for Congress to cause the States "to simply end these inhumane practices to be eligible for federal juvenile justice funds." The editorial could more simply advocate putting "justice" back into the nation's juvenile justice system.

This summer our daughter, a law student at New York University, interned in New Orleans helping represent children caught in the city's juvenile justice system. Some of the stories she tells are horrendous. Keep Reading

It Might Not Be Motel 6, But They Will Leave the Flashing Lights On For You . . .

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - State troopers say a man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly driving drunk to a state trooper station, mistaking it for a hotel.
Troopers say Mitchell Deslatte, 25, knocked on the front door of Troop A.
After troopers buzzed him in, Deslatte asked the trooper working at the desk if he was in a hotel. Keep Reading