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“Thirty-eight years is a long time. Thirty-eight years, two months and 21 days,” said Smith of his prison time. “That's a long time.”

The "Alford" plea that freed Jerome Smith, 54, came after the family of Bill Long Jr. opposed his previous bids for release.

The Plan Commission Tuesday conducted a public hearing in which most people spoke in favor of the new ordinance that puts conditions on the development of large-scale solar energy facilities.

An Orleans Parish judge on Wednesday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to a days-long crime spree that included killing a man and slapping a police officer in the face to eight years in prison.