Louisiana Survivors for Reform

A coalition of survivors of violence, homicide victims' loved ones, and community organizations creating change in Louisiana’s criminal justice system.

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

LSR hosts Survivor Support and Homicide & Loss Support Group mtgs via zoom to build community & offer a nonjudgmental space for survivors of violence and victims’ loved ones. Cash gift cards offered to attendees. Sign up here for more info and to attend: https://t.co/c5otFABjL2

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

#lalege #lagov

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

With a new Whole Pie report, we can re-up one of our favorite graphics with 2022 survey data from @SafeandJustUSA.

The data shows again and again that victims of crime do not want mass incarceration, but want to hold people accountable through options beyond prison.

[Morgan Lamandre @MorganLamandre]

Just got word that Christopher Tape, the new St. Tammany parish coroner plans to shut down the sexual assault nurse examiner program and instead make the area hospitals do the exams. I cannot put into words how harmful this is to sexual assault survivors! #LaLege

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

How amazing that Oklahoma Republican legislators and party leaders have authored and are advancing the OK Survivors Act! Their bill is similar to but broader than our Justice for Survivors Act (HB631). If Oklahoma can do it, so can Louisiana! #lalege #lagov

[OK_Appleseed @OK_Appleseed]

Pass #SB1470 and #FreeAprilWilkens. It's not just, and it's not right to have domestic violence survivors rotting away in Oklahoma's prisons. (4/4)
#yesonSB1470 #okleg @FreeAprilW https://t.co/bFTEa29yBy

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

100%! Caring about women's safety and victims of violence includes survivors of domestic abuse, human trafficking, and sexual assault who have been criminalized for acting in self defense or for being coerced to commit a crime. Yes on HB 631! #lalege #lagov

[Britain Forsyth @britainforsyth]

Can’t wait for everyone at #lalege that seems so deeply concerned about women’s safety to support the Justice For Survivors Act (HB 631)!

[Worth Rises @WorthRises]

Good News: Three major gas suppliers — @airgas @airproducts and @MathesonGas — have now prohibited the use of their nitrogen for death penalty executions. If lawmakers won’t do the right thing, we will make their murderous plans impossible.

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[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

Lawmakers question @LAGovJeffLandry's decision to reduce domestic violence shelter funding in his proposed state budget.

The governor has said crime victims will be a priority, so advocates for DV victims wonder why they face cuts. #lalege https://t.co/n59qzR1vo2

[Brett L. Tolman @tolmanbrett]

It is a top priority of @RightOnCrime to expose the causes and to remedy this troubling trend and statistic.

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

Survivors of Violence Lobby Day is April 25th! Join us in Baton Rouge to learn about the legislative process and connect with other victim-survivors. Advocacy is a form of healing! Transportation available. RSVP here: https://t.co/8AQHemq7a5 #lalege

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

Louisiana is not a state serious about safety when it won't provide sustainable funding to domestic violence shelters. Funding police and prisons is NOT the same as supporting survivors. #lalege #lagov

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

.@RepMcFarland says the extra $7m domestic violence shelters received last year was supposed to be one-time money only.

Advocates for DV victims said they were told the $$ might continue in the Department of Children and Family Services budget. #lalege https://t.co/GyKnra9a0o

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

People who run domestic violence shelters across the state said they will have to pull back on an expansion they have been implementing if they don't continue to see an increase in funding. #lalege #lagov

[Britain Forsyth @britainforsyth]

There’s an all out attack on workers happening this legislative session. Anti-union bills, going after workers comp, and cutting unemployment. Unions improve working conditions. Workers comp actually works in this state. UI ensures people take good jobs.

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

"When abuse survivors are up against the state, they’re experiencing another version of an abuser...Criminalization replicates and perpetuates the cycle of abuse." #lalege #lagov @thenation https://t.co/A4I8E3Epfe

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

2/2 As reported by @rjamesfinn https://t.co/p5UWLrqcCU #lalege #lagov

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

But for victims who oppose execution: [Brett] Malone sent a letter to Landry’s chief legal counsel pleading for mercy for his mother’s killer, Jeremiah Manning, but Landry’s office has not responded. Landry’s press secretary did not immediately return a request for comment. 1/2

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

.@LAGovJeffLandry just walked into the Senate gallery and sat with families of victims as the Senate debates a bill to expand death penalty methods and seal lethal injection records. #lalege #lagov

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

Sen. Gerald Boudreaux rises to speak on behalf of families who support mercy for death row victims. "How much more powerful is life and love than damnation and death?" he asks. "We can do better. We will make all the national headlines. We can do better." #lalege #lagov

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

This does not have to be Louisiana’s grim future if @louisianasenate opposes HB 6 on execution methods. The State should not murder or attempt to murder people with poison, gas, or electrocution. We honor the victims but not with more killing. #lalege

[Melissa Luck ☘ @MelissaKXLY4]

Thinking about everyone involved with this failed execution in Idaho. The tension among prison officials, the practices leading up, the goodbyes already said and the people in the room waiting to witness it. Not to mention the families of the victims and the condemned.

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

Brett Malone spoke against execution for the man who killed his mother and says, “They paint survivors and victims’ family members with a very broad brush. They don’t want to hear from anyone who has made choices that run contrary to what their agenda is.” #lalege

[The Advocate @theadvocatebr]

Jeff Landry's relationship with a murder victim's father shapes crime session: 'Our savior' https://t.co/wDurRZHi1i

[Piper Hutchinson @ByPiperHutch]

A group of religious leaders of different faiths have gathered on the steps of the Capitol to oppose HB6, which expands methods of execution. #lalege #lagov

[Down For Whatever @dadioonthepatio]

Pretty sure the public comment period in a state legislative committee meeting discussing a bill reinstating the death penalty is exactly when they are supposed to provide testimony.

[Louisiana Survivors for Reform @LSReform]

For Brett Malone, whose mother Mary Ann Shaver Malone was killed, his decades of pain have led him down a path of advocacy. "We know that killing him will not bring my mother back nor will it repair any of the harm that was done by his actions." #lalege
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