New Orleans DA Opposes Release of "Heroin Lifers"

DA Eddie Jordan opposes the release of so called "heroin lifers" according to the Times Picayune. Many of these inmates were convicted years ago and sentenced to life in prison under the state's strict laws concerning heroin. According to article, the sentencing laws concerning heroin were recently relaxed but many of these people who were convicted in the 1970s are still serving life sentences.

Posted by AJH at January 25, 2005 06:38 AM