Proposed 'Segus Jolivette Act' heading to the legislature

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- Last summer, Lafayette Sr. Cpl. Segus Jolivette lost his life following a standoff in Jeanerette that began with an attempt to serve an arrest warrant to repeat violent offender Nyjal Hurst.

Since the loss of Jolivette, law enforcement and lawmakers have been hard at work creating the "Segus Jolivette Act."

The bill would require harsher sentences for repeat violent offenders, with a third conviction resulting in a mandatory sentence that is at...