Louisiana Governor Enacts Marijuana Sentencing Reform Measure

BATON ROUGE, LA — Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation late Monday significantly reducing criminal penalties for marijuana possession offenses. House Bill 149, which took effect upon signing, amends the state’s toughest-in-the-nation repeat offender laws for marijuana possession offenses. Under the previous law, second-time possession offenders faced up to five years of hard labor in prison. […]