{"id":2132338,"date":"2023-12-23T12:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-gov-pardons-56-inmates-40-of-which-are-convicted-murders\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T17:15:58","slug":"louisiana-gov-pardons-56-inmates-40-of-which-are-convicted-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-gov-pardons-56-inmates-40-of-which-are-convicted-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana governor pardons 56 inmates, including 40 convicted murderers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouisiana-gov-pardons-56-inmates-40-of-which-are-convicted-murders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2132338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for 2017 ESSENCE Festival )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>9:13 AM \u2013 Saturday,\u200d December 23, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>The Governor\u200c of Louisiana Pardons 56 Inmates, Including Murder Convicts<\/h2>\n<p>The governor \u2063of Louisiana has made a bold move by pardoning 56 inmates, 40 of \u2064whom were convicted of murder.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Governor John Bel Edwards (D-La.)\u2064 has granted pardons to numerous prisoners, including\u200b a man\u2063 who was on death row and\u200b another who brutally stabbed a woman 39 times.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards has \u2062signed pardons for 56 inmates to be released in five\u2063 different batches, aiming to change Louisiana&#8217;s reputation as the &#8220;World&#8217;s \u200dPrison\u2062 Capital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200coutgoing governor, whose\u200c term ends on January\u200b 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024, \u2063is \u200cdetermined\u2062 to fulfill his campaign promise of reducing the \u2064state&#8217;s incarcerated\u200b population.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;For as long as I can remember, \u200bLouisiana \u2062reflexively responded to an increase in crime by putting more\u200b people in prison and keeping them there longer,&#8221; Edwards told Louisiana news outlet <em>NOLA.com<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never been made safer \u2064as a \u200cresult of that,&#8221; Edwards\u2062 said. &#8220;There \u200dis\u200c no data\u200d to suggest that an increase in crime here was because of the \u200breforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports indicate that other released\u2062 inmates include \u2062those convicted of\u200d robbery, arson, aggravated kidnapping, theft, and drug dealing.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d December alone, Edwards\u200c pardoned five prisoners guilty of first-degree murder and eleven \u2063guilty of \u200bsecond-degree\u2063 murder.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old has been serving as governor since 2016, winning re-election in 2019 and becoming the \u200cfirst\u2062 Democrat to achieve re-election in Louisiana since \u200c1975.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Attorney General \u200bJeff Landry has been elected \u2064as Edwards&#8217; successor.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u2063 \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Supreme Court\u200b rejects Jack Smith&#8217;s expedition request while Joe Biden tries to\u200c boost his\u200b poll numbers \u2062with \u2062marijuana.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The majority\u200b of Republican leaders have voiced their opposition to \u2063the Colorado \u2063State Supreme Court\u200b ruling that disqualified \u2063former President Donald\u200d Trump from the ballot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The president of the conservative activist group American \u200bCommitment highlights\u200c an anti-ESG lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee against Blackrock as the\u2063 popularity \u200dof \u2064ESG investing trend \u2064starts to decline.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>All eyes are on the U.S.\u200c Supreme Court\u200c after the Colorado Supreme Court voted four-to-three \u2062to\u2064 disqualify former President Trump\u200b from \u2062the primary ballot, citing the Constitution&#8217;s\u200b 14th Amendment insurrection clause.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 \u200cAM \u2062PST\u2063 HONG\u200d KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced \u200don Friday a wide\u2063 range \u2063of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main challenges for Tesla is the speed at which it can produce the \u200b4680 batteries \u2062used in \u200dthe Cybertruck with its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-vet-defends-beheading-satanic-statue\/\" title=\"Navy vet supports beheading Satanic statue\">dry-coating technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in \u2064Manhattan federal \u200dcourt, accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing their \u2063books to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police Sergeant \u200bDavid \u200dRadford reached out to Tesla regarding data on\u2062 an alleged stalker&#8217;s remote\u2064 access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the potential consequences, both positive\u2062 and negative, of pardoning inmates convicted \u200bof violent crimes for Louisiana&#8217;s crime rates and overall well-being<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200c The Governor of Louisiana Pardons 56 Inmates, Including \u2063Murder Convicts<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Louisiana has made a bold move by pardoning 56 inmates, 40 of whom \u200bwere\u2064 convicted\u200c of \u200cmurder. Governor John Bel Edwards (D-La.) has granted pardons\u200d to numerous\u200b prisoners, including a man who was on death \u2063row and another who brutally stabbed a woman 39 times.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards has signed pardons for 56 inmates \u200cto be released in five different batches, aiming to\u2062 change Louisiana&#8217;s reputation as the &#8220;World&#8217;s Prison Capital.&#8221; The outgoing \u200cgovernor, whose term ends on January 8th, 2024, is determined to fulfill his campaign promise of reducing the\u200c state&#8217;s incarcerated population.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For as long as I can remember, Louisiana reflexively responded to an increase \u200din crime by putting more people in prison and keeping \u2064them there longer,&#8221; Edwards told Louisiana news outlet NOLA.com\u2063 this\u200c week. &#8220;We&#8217;ve never been made safer as a result of\u2063 that,&#8221; Edwards said. &#8220;There \u2063is no data\u2062 to\u2063 suggest that\u2062 an increase in crime here was\u200b because of the reforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that \u200cother\u200c released inmates include those convicted of robbery, arson, aggravated kidnapping, theft, and drug dealing. In December\u2063 alone, Edwards \u2064pardoned five prisoners guilty of first-degree\u200b murder and eleven guilty of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old has been serving as governor since 2016, winning re-election \u200bin 2019 and becoming the \u200dfirst Democrat to achieve \u2062re-election\u200d in Louisiana since \u20621975. Republican Louisiana Attorney General Jeff\u200c Landry has been elected as Edwards&#8217; successor.<\/p>\n<p>This move\u200b by Governor Edwards has sparked discussions and debates about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal justice system<\/a> \u200cand the\u200c role\u200c of rehabilitation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/francis-suarez-files-for-2024-miami-mayor-files-paperwork-to-run-for-president\/\" title=\"Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has officially filed paperwork to run for president in 2024.\">reducing crime rates<\/a>. \u200cWhile some support \u2064the governor&#8217;s efforts to\u2064 address the issue of overcrowded prisons and focus on reform, others express\u200c concerns about the potential risks associated with releasing inmates convicted of violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell the impact these pardons will\u2064 have\u200c on Louisiana&#8217;s crime rates\u2063 and the overall well-being of the \u200cstate. As the nation continues to grapple \u200dwith issues \u2064of criminal justice and rehabilitation, it is crucial\u200c to strike a balance between punishment and opportunities for \u200drehabilitation and reintegration into society.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200c Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u200byour inbox for free. Subscribe here: https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convicted of murder. 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