NPR News: Louisiana Supreme Court Won't Review Life Sentence For Man Who Stole Hedge Clippers

Louisiana Supreme Court Won't Review Life Sentence For Man Who Stole Hedge Clippers
In a dissent, Chief Justice Bernette Johnson compared Fair Wayne Bryant's sentence to "Pig Laws" in the years after Reconstruction, which enacted harsh penalties for theft and other petty crimes.

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