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State Senator Royce Duplessis Helps Pass Milestone Expungement Bill, Benefiting 1.3. Million Louisiana Citizens - L'Observateur lobservateur.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lobservateur.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NAACP, community leaders team up to solve BRPD corruption fallout for wrongfully charged 6 hours 26 minutes 4 seconds ago Tuesday, May 25 2021 May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 6:25 AM May 25, 2021 in Top Story Source: WBRZ Share: BATON ROUGE - Community leaders are coming together to hold city leaders accountable for the damage caused by the Baton Rouge Police Department s corrupt narcotics unit. The district attorney s office dropped over 700 drug charges after uncovering misconduct and dishonesty within BRPD s narcotics division, but those charges are still showing up in court records. A typical expungement cost rings in at about $400 with a small portion going to the clerk of court and the district attorney, and majority of the money going to state police. With about 100 people connected to the hundreds of charges, it totals to about $40,000 to pay for the records to be wiped. ....
A bill limiting the amount of time the state can keep someone behind bars before filing criminal charges narrowly escapes from House Criminal Justice. Bill sponsor, Representative Ted James said currently a person can remain in jail for up to 120 days for capital offenses, 60 days for felonies, and 45 days for misdemeanors. “That is a month and a half away from a job, away from children, away from anyone else that depends on that person. Again, being held without charge,” said James. The bill would shorten the period to five days for most offenses and 30 for more serious charges. Representative Tony Bacala countered after speaking with a District Attorney and he worries charges will be filed on everyone before the fifth day regardless before cases can be thoroughly investigated. ....