A Jefferson Parish judge agreed to reduce the $250,000 bond set for a Marrero mother who faces a murder charge for allegedly ingesting methamphetamine and delivering a lethal dose of the drug to her 3-month-old daughter while breastfeeding.
Criminal Commissioner Patricia Joyce lowered 31-year-old Autumn Blansettâs bond to $75,000 on the second-degree murder charge Thursday after Blansettâs defense attorney, Jim Williams, argued the case had been âgrossly overcharged.â
Autumn Blansett (Photo from Jefferson Parish Sheriff s Office)
Williams also compared his clientâs case to that of Brandie Froeba, 37, a Kenner mother booked with murder in the 2018 death of her infant daughter, also allegedly due to drug-tainted breast milk. Despite her March 2019 arrest, the Jefferson Parish District Attorneyâs Office has not yet accepted the murder charge against Froeba, Williams noted in court.
JEFFERSON CITY â While scores of would-be entrepreneurs sit out, barred from participating in Missouriâs medical marijuana program, a select number of cannabis businesses are racing to cash in on the stateâs newest industry.
The Department of Health and Senior Services, as of Friday, had cleared 17 dispensaries to open their doors, as well as 11 cultivators and one manufacturer of cannabis-infused products. Not all of the approved businesses â including the lone manufacturer â have started selling product.
Those lucky winners, critics say, are beneficiaries of arbitrary caps on the number of licenses and of a flawed scoring process, which have reduced the availability of medical cannabis and limited competition.