House Bill 4 by Representative Emerson (Act 10) provides relative to post conviction relief procedures. All of the present law limitations on repetitive applications and time limitations for post-conviction relief are considered jurisdictional and cannot be waived or excused by…
Category: Opinions
Our Rich Black Heritage: Atty. Buck Colbert Franklin
By Garry Blanson “Any time you throw your weight behind a political party that controls “TWO-THIRDS” of the government and that party can’t keep “THE PROMISE” that it made to you during election time and you’re dumb enough to walk…
Bills that passed in the Special Criminal Justice Session; below are the 2nd set of bills that passed:
Senate Bills Senate Bill 7 by Senator Edmonds (Act 9) requires ignition interlock for first offense DWI for at least six months of any probation, or the entire time that the driver’s license is suspended. For a second offense, the…
Our Rich Black Heritage: The Colored Chamber of Commerce of Monroe
By Garry Blanson Well, as I was researching online, I came across information about a forgotten group of pioneering Colored People. What was so surprising about them is that they lived in Monroe, Louisiana! I learned that the group started…
For the next three weeks, we will publish the bills that passed in the Special Criminal Justice Session; below are a 1/3 of the bills that passed:
Senate Bill 1 by Senator Miguez (Act 1) makes it lawful for any person 18 years of age or older who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law to carry a concealed weapon without a…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Martha E. L. Haynes
By Garry Blanson Come, listen all you gals and boys, Ise just from Tuckyhoe ; I’m goin’ to sing a little song, My name’s Jim Crow.” Those words are part of a song called,”Jump Jim Crow” made famous by a…
Our Rich Black Heritage: Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy
By Garry Blanson One of the things I like about this week’s Black Pioneer is that he was born on the same date as me, March 11. Besides that, he worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Civil Rights…