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Lawmakers have renewed an effort to eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana. A Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday that would leave the decision up to…
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Many aspects of Louisiana’s criminal justice overhaul go into effect today.“The prison population grew exponentially, and it became — quite candidly — a…
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The full House put a number of bills through the mill Thursday, having some bi-partisan fun along the way.“This is my rescue-a-Republican-bill day,” New…
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Louisiana’s business and industry community says it’s supporting the efforts to reform the state’s criminal justice system. “If we can get more people…
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How did Louisiana end up with the world’s highest incarceration rate? Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says it grew out of the late 1980’s national…