Crime Laws: How Louisiana, Georgia, Other States Embrace ‘Tough-on-Crime

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This is a summary of reporting published by The Marshall Project on March 9, 2024. It was not written by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak. GPS tracks coverage of Georgia’s prison system so the record stays in one place. The full article is on The Marshall Project’s own site.

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters here. For decades, Louisiana had the nation’s highest rate of incarceration. And — given that the U.S. is among the most carceral countries on the planet — the state arguably spent some…

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