Lawmakers in Louisiana are meeting in a special session to consider a couple dozen anti-crime measures.
Both houses in Louisiana have a Republican supermajority now. The newly elected Republican Gov. Jeff Landry called for the special session after campaigning on taking a hardline on crime. He’s a former sheriff’s deputy and the former state attorney general.
Criminal justice activists say the measure will do nothing to prevent crime and will boost incarceration rates.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Molly Ryan, who reports from the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge for NPR member station WRKF.
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