USA - Louisiana. The House Administration of Criminal Justice advanced HB 215 to abolish the death penalty.

The House Administration of Criminal Justice advanced HB 215 that would abolish the death penalty. Rep. Terry Landry, D-New Iberia, who pushed for abolishing capital punishment in both 2017 and 2018, sponsored that bill. It passed 8-7. “Death by government is wrong, and that is why I bring this bill,” said Landry, a former superintendent of the Louisiana State Police. His bill is similar to one sponsored by Sen. Dan Claitor (SB 112), R-Baton Rouge, that was rejected on the Senate floor last week (see May 6).