Pardon Board Can't Require Court Costs for First Offender Pardons

A recently released Attorney General's Opinion states that the Constitution prohibits requiring those eligible for first offender pardons to pay their outstanding court costs. The Times-Picayune reports that the opinion states that the State Constitution requires that non-violent first offenders automatically receive a pardon.

Posted by Capital Clerks at February 1, 2005 10:12 AM