House committee approves bill to limit state sentencing law for repeat offenders

BATON ROUGE, La. (LSU Manship School News Service) - A House committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would limit Louisiana’s sentencing law for repeat offenders only to violent crimes.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Randal Gaines, D-LaPlace, is part of an effort to expand the overhaul of Louisiana’s criminal justice system that began in 2017. It also would sharply reduce the number of people serving lengthy incarcerations.

The bill passed without objection in the House Committee of Administration of Criminal Justice.

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