This week Bayou to Beltway speaks with Major Cathy Fontenot of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and Dr. David Khey of the UL Lafayette Criminal Justice Department. Wednesday at 12:30 and Saturday at 5:30 on KRVS 88.7 fm.
This week Bayou to Beltway focuses on the death penalty as it exists in Louisiana and across the United States. Dr. Khey and Major Fontenot and host Pearson Cross discuss the decline in executions in recent years as pubic supportfor the Death Penalty has been challenged by a number of well-publicized exonerations for death row inmates. We also discuss the relationship between religion, regional culture and punishment, and the many bills passed in the last two sessions that changed the way Louisiana does crime and punishment. Will films like the recent Just Mercy change the script on the death penalty? How does the Death Penalty work or not work in Louisiana today?
Listen in this Wednesday at 12:30 and Saturday at 5:30 to this informative conversation with Major Cathy Fontenot and Dr. David Khey