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Parole granted to David Lightsey to Louisiana Parole Project with strict conditions
Summary
The Committee on Parole granted parole to David Lightsey on Sept. 10, 2025, directing supervision through the Louisiana Parole Project and imposing requirements including outpatient substance-abuse treatment, weekly AA meetings, and monthly drug testing during the first year.
At the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Sept. 10, 2025, the Louisiana Committee on Parole voted to grant parole to David Lightsey, who was sentenced in November 1999 to life for a second-degree murder conviction and became parole-eligible in June 2023. The board granted release to supervision under the Louisiana Parole Project with several special conditions. Nut graf: The panel cited 27 years of incarceration, completion of intensive programming including the STAR substance-abuse program and victim-awareness coursework, sustained sobriety and a long-term reentry plan with the Louisiana Parole Project and…
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