The article «Man Sentenced to Life Over Theft of Hedge Clippers Is Granted Parole» from Oct. 17, 2020, is concerned with problem of life imprisonment in the state of Louisiana. It means, if you have four and more nonviolent conviction, you will be arrested and sentenced to life. The article is about life example of Wayne Bryant’s criminal history. It would be wise to mention here that he is not a killer or a member of a criminal gang, he was a drug addict who was in dire need of cash. Considering the situation, it should be mentioned that Wayne’s crimes consist mainly of thefts, but one of them was armed. The most «famous» of his offences was a theft of hedge clippers in 1997. The authors (Allyson Waller and Christina Morales) indicate that this criminal process attracted the attention of the American public to the Louisiana state’s law of the habitual offender. As lawyers posited, this law was imperfect and unfair to some extent, therefore in 2017 the state enacted changes to this law as part of the criminal justice reform package. As a matter of fact, this case drew attention from influential news outlets such as The Washington Post and USA Today, when the Louisan’s Supreme Court declined to hear Bryant’s case in August.
It follows from these findings that authors write about unfairness of the old racist laws which are like to statutes enacted after Reconstruction (1865-1877) and importance of public coverage of trials, which allowed a man to get out of prison.
The article «
Man
Sentenced to
Life
Over Theft of Hedge Clippers
Is Granted
Parole» from Oct. 17, 2020,
is concerned
with problem of
life
imprisonment in the state of Louisiana. It means, if you have four and more nonviolent conviction, you will
be arrested
and sentenced to
life
. The article is about
life
example of Wayne Bryant’s
criminal
history. It would be wise to mention here that he is not a killer or a member of a
criminal
gang, he was a drug addict who was in dire need of cash. Considering the situation, it should
be mentioned
that Wayne’s crimes consist
mainly
of thefts,
but
one of them
was armed
. The most «
famous
» of his
offences
was a theft of hedge clippers in 1997. The authors (Allyson Waller and Christina Morales) indicate that this
criminal
process attracted the attention of the American public to the Louisiana state’s
law
of the habitual offender. As lawyers posited, this
law
was imperfect and unfair to
some
extent,
therefore
in 2017 the state enacted
changes
to this
law
as part of the
criminal
justice reform package. As a matter of fact, this case drew attention from influential news outlets such as The Washington Post and USA
Today
, when the
Louisan
’s Supreme Court declined to hear Bryant’s case in August.
It follows from these findings that authors write about unfairness of the
old
racist
laws
which are like to statutes enacted after Reconstruction (1865-1877) and importance of public coverage of trials, which
allowed
a
man
to
get
out of prison.