BATON ROUGE—Louisiana, which tops lists for both incarceration and crime, moved Friday toward almost entirely eliminating parole and dramatically shrinking good-behavior sentence reductions.
The House approved the changes sought by Gov. Landry despite droves of opponents who have voiced concerns that the bills would be costly and fail to deter crime.
The court petition seeks to stop the full House of Representatives from discussing the bills until the Criminal Justice Committee holds another hearing.
Sweeping restrictions on parole advanced in the Louisiana House of Representatives Friday as part of a special legislative session called by Gov. Jeff Landry (R).