"If he lives another 20 years, Louisiana taxpayers will have paid almost one million dollars to punish Mr. Bryant for his failed effort to steal a set of hedge clippers," Chief Justice Bernette Johnson wrote in a dissent.

"If he lives another 20 years, Louisiana taxpayers will have paid almost one million dollars to punish Mr. Bryant for his failed effort to steal a set of hedge clippers," Chief Justice Bernette Johnson wrote in a dissent. https://t.co/8uQe9tMjpM

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