Habitual offender bill fails, fitting common criminal justice narrative of session

By Paul Braun

A House committee voted down a bill Tuesday that would remove non-violent and non-sex offenses from habitual-offender law that currently limits judicial discretion and gives prosecutors the upper hand in plea negotiations.

Read the story in The Shreveport Times.

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