Outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards pardons 56 inmates, including 40 convicted murderers
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Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has pardoned 56 inmates between October and December of this year, including 40 individuals incarcerated for murder.
"For as long as I can remember, Louisiana reflexively responded to an increase in crime by putting more people in prison and keeping them there longer," Edwards told Louisiana news outlet NOLA.com this week. Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
"We've never been made safer as a result of that," Edwards said. "There is no data to suggest that an increase in crime here was because of the reforms."
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