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LA HB207
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Pat Moore
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AI Summary
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Adds a legal representative of the condemned person to the list of individuals required to be present at every execution of a death sentence in Louisiana
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Current law already requires the presence of the Angola warden (or designee), West Feliciana Parish coroner (or deputy), a physician, a person to carry out the execution method, and optionally a priest or minister
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Maintains the requirement for 5-7 additional witnesses to be present at executions
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Amends R.S. 15:570(A)(6) and adds new subsection R.S. 15:570(A)(7)
Legislative Description
Provides relative to who may attend an execution of a death sentence
CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
4/14/2025