Richard Whitney Post #4

On Thursday, the Louisiana state legislature debated the death penalty! The bill was brought up by Representative Terry Landry. It specified that after August 1st, 2019 the death penalty would not longer be a legal punishment in the state of Louisiana. During the debate, it was not an argument at all. Everyone understood the gravity of the bill they were discussing and how serious it was. Instead members of the floor came up to talk and explain to the other legislators their opinions and how they would vote on he bill (only those who wanted to). There were about 15 or so members who took the floor to express their beliefs. Once that was done, Terry Landry got up to make closing remarks about the bill and moved to send it back to calander. He did this out of respect for his colleagues in order to allow people to choose whether they wanted to vote on such a difficult issue, that is the death penalty.  He does this because he knows everyone is running for re-election and he did not want to make them vote and possibly alter the views of heir constituents. Attatched is a picture of me on the house floor taken by Charley Leopold!