LA SB201

Amends Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 878.1(D) regarding parole eligibility hearings for certain juvenile offenders

Removes the provision that sentences without parole eligibility should "normally be reserved for the worst offenders and the worst cases"

Requires reviewing courts to give paramount consideration to the information considered by the original trier of fact that rendered the initial sentence

Prohibits reviewing courts from substituting their judgment for the original trier of fact in cases where a juvenile was sentenced to death after the court rejected youth as a mitigating factor, unless the original decision was a clear abuse of discretion

Effective August 1, 2026