Posted 4:42 PM 4/19/2012 : House passes bill to give repeat offenders parole hearings
BATON ROUGE - A bill to offer a chance at parole for some in state prisons received a lot of debate before being passed by the full Louisiana House today.
The House voted 86-7 to send the bill to the Senate, after a long debate about just who would get the chance for a parole hearing.
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