Rep. Sherman Mack's bill would require that parents or caretakers must report any missing child to authorities within a prescribed time, or face possible fines and jail time while Rep. Patricia Smith's bill would allow certain elderly prison inmates serving life sentences a chance at parole.
One lawmaker says the Casey Anthony murder trial has given him something to fight for in the upcoming legislative session. Representative Sherman Mack of Livingston Parish has pre-filed a bill that would make failing to report a missing child a crime...