Louisiana’s crime-focused special legislative session begins

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Under new conservative leadership, Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature gathers today for a special legislative session that could reshape the state’s criminal justice system and the public safety sector. Among the more than two dozen bills filed ahead of session is legislation that proposes expanding methods to carry out death row executions, restricting parole eligibility, harsher penalties

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