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| Louisiana Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards Freed 1.9K Convicts; 14 Percent Committed More Crimes within First Year |
| 2019-11-07 |
| [BREITBART] Louisiana Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards ‐ running for reelection November 16 ‐ has released more than 1,900 convicted criminals from prison since 2017, and more than 14 percent immediately returned to a life of crime. In 2017, Edwards signed into a law a series of criminal justice bills to reduce prison population in Louisiana to focus primarily on violent offenders and less on those deemed "non-violent" drug offenders. Often, though, violent criminals plead down to lesser drug charges to avoid large prison sentences. Since then, the Louisiana Department of Corrections has said that about 1,952 convicts have been released from prisons in the state. And while Edwards’ criminal justice plan was sold as a way to rehabilitate criminals, state officials have said 14.25 percent of those nearly 2,000 released went on to commit more crime within their first year of release. State officials do not track the released convicts’ criminal records for more than a year after release, indicating that more may have committed additional crimes this year, but that data is not available. In one case, 33-year-old King Edward Ellis was convicted in 2017 of drunk driving and killing 18-year-old Jordan Prince. Prince had graduated high school 12 days before the crash that killed him. Ellis was sentenced to 15 years in prison but ended up only serving 18 months for Prince’s death and was released from prison early. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I believe 14% is a rather low recidivism rate. Either these cons were lower risk than most or better at learning how to not get caught again. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-11-07 10:13 |