BATON ROUGE — A local family who tragically lost their father in a hit-andrun three years ago gathered at the State Capitol with District Attorney Lauren Heinen and State Rep. Troy Romero on Tuesday to push for an amendment — HB 35 — to La. R.S. 14:100 which governs sentencing for these accidents.
Lee Hughes, son of the late Jerry Hughes, is fighting for change after the man who struck and killed h…
