The pay-off session

Gov. Jeff Landry’s “anti-crime” session is a reimbursement to Louisiana sheriffs and district attorneys for their support

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No matter what Gov. Jeff Landry and his allies say, this is not a “get-tough-on-crime” special session of the Louisiana Legislature. What Landry and his crowd are doing won’t change the state’s crime rate.

But many of the bills they’ll pass in the coming days will reimburse Louisiana’s sheriffs and district attorneys for su…