A coalition of survivors of violence, homicide victims' loved ones, and community organizations creating change in Louisiana’s criminal justice system.
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Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Just got word that Christopher Tape, the new St. Tammany parish coroner plans to shut down the sexual assault nurse examiner program and instead make the area hospitals do the exams. I cannot put into words how harmful this is to sexual assault survivors! #LaLege – at Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Good News: Three major gas suppliers — @airgas @airproducts and @MathesonGas — have now prohibited the use of their nitrogen for death penalty executions. If lawmakers won’t do the right thing, we will make their murderous plans impossible.
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Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Lawmakers question @LAGovJeffLandry's decision to reduce domestic violence shelter funding in his proposed state budget.
The governor has said crime victims will be a priority, so advocates for DV victims wonder why they face cuts. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/03/13…
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
It is a top priority of @RightOnCrime to expose the causes and to remedy this troubling trend and statistic.
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
People who run domestic violence shelters across the state said they will have to pull back on an expansion they have been implementing if they don't continue to see an increase in funding. #lalege #lagov
.@RepMcFarland says the extra $7m domestic violence shelters received last year was supposed to be one-time money only.
Advocates for DV victims said they were told the $$ might continue in the Department of Children and Family Services budget. #lalege lailluminator.com/2024/02/25…
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
There’s an all out attack on workers happening this legislative session. Anti-union bills, going after workers comp, and cutting unemployment. Unions improve working conditions. Workers comp actually works in this state. UI ensures people take good jobs.
Rep. Raymond Crews (R) has filed a pair of bills that would make unionizing illegal for Louisiana public employees. #lalege #lagov
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Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
A group of religious leaders of different faiths have gathered on the steps of the Capitol to oppose HB6, which expands methods of execution. #lalege #lagov
ALT A group of people stand on the steps of the Louisiana state capitol while a woman speaks at a podium
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Pretty sure the public comment period in a state legislative committee meeting discussing a bill reinstating the death penalty is exactly when they are supposed to provide testimony.
Sen. @KleinpeterCaleb scolds anti-death penalty activists for their testimony, points out they are sitting in front of victims’ families. “There's another place and time that you can come do this. Not today.” #lalege #lagov
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
I asked @pewresearch to confirm Rep. Villio's allegation that Pew refused to come back and review Louisiana's 2017 bipartisan justice laws. This is their response #lalege #lagov
The House is now debating HB10, Villio’s bill to eliminate good time for most prisoners. Villio says Louisiana Sheriffs asked @pewresearch, which helped craft the state’s 2017 justice reforms, to come back and review their impact. She says Pew denied that request #lalege #lagov
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
"Domestic violence is one of the largest public safety issues facing Louisiana. In 2020, the state had the fifth highest female homicide rate in the country. More than half of women victims that year were killed by an intimate partner."
Important reporting by @JSODonoghue
MUST READ: Domestic violence shelter funding cut in @LAGovJeffLandry's budget plan, while prison, state police dollars increase. @JSODonoghue reports lailluminator.com/2024/02/25… #lalege #domesticviolence
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Members of our coalition have been going to the LA capitol for years. Decades even. The principled leadership, and fair-minded diligence of @MattWillard97 this session has been special. LA is lucky to have a leader like him. #lalege @LSReform @ACLUofLouisiana
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
If you look at the list of folks who got money from JRI, you are going to see sheriffs, DAs and crime labs on that list. The sheriff's association even received money directly to invest in technology.
The idea that they didn't financially benefit from JRI is not true. #lalege
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Today the @LouisianaHouse will take up a bill that forces state employees to suffocate and electrocute other human beings to death, and allows for secret state contracts at DOC (even though we don’t allow for that under any other circumstance). #lalege #lagov
@helenprejean – at Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Brett's mother was killed by someone on Louisiana's death row. He is a compassionate man and fierce advocate against the death penalty. During the 23 years after his mother’s death, Brett has committed to a healing that emphasizes mercy and forgiveness in honor of his mother.
As Louisiana looks to expand executions, one man is fighting to save his mother's killer shreveportbossieradvocate.co…
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
It's not uncommon for women sentenced to life without parole to be in prison for killing their abuser.
Our understanding of domestic violence has changed since the 1990s/1980s. Women whose cases might be viewed differently today are still incarcerated. #lalege
Testifying in House criminal justice today is Ms. Beatrice Taylor, whose case I wrote about at length last year.
She spent 23 years in prison for killing her abuser. He broke her foot the night she stabbed him. She was convicted of murder. #lalege
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Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
At the same time they're promoting this bill, @lagovjefflandry and his allies are pushing another to criminally penalize people who reveal information about companies that supply lethal injection drugs. #lalege #lagov
.@LAGovJeffLandry and his allies say this bill, which they call the "Truth and Transparency in Criminal Justice Act," would make it easier for victims of crimes by juveniles to unearth details about the cases they're involved in. #lalege #lagov
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
Probably a good indicator of the way things are going at the Louisiana legislature is that an execution method described as torture by eyewitnesses passed unanimously and the only amendment was to *provide counseling services for the executioner*
Louisiana Survivors for Reform retweeted
It's unnecessary for all this legislation to get an initial vetting and votes in one day. A skeptical person might think that's being done deliberately so legislators don't have much time to think about each bill...and to stretch the advocates who are opposed rather thin. #lalege
The measures getting initial votes today include those that would expand gun rights, police immunity from prosecution, restructure public defense, make it easier to perform executions, eliminate parole for most people...and many others. All voted on today. #lalege