A Louisiana bill could send more minors to adult prisons
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Louisiana Senate Bill 2, a proposed amendment to the Louisiana Constitution, could send more juveniles to adult jails.
Last Thursday, Louisiana Senators approved a bill to remove restrictions on sentencing individuals under 17 for various crimes as adults. The present constitution authorizes that, by a 2/3rds vote of each house, special juvenile procedures do not apply to juveniles arrested for the following offenses.
- 1st or 2nd-degree murder.
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