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Parole denied for Andy Swanson amid victim and law-enforcement opposition
Summary
The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole to Andy Swanson on May 14 after victim-family members and law-enforcement letters opposed release despite testimony citing rehabilitation and a reentry plan from the Louisiana Parole Project.
The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole to Andy Swanson at a hearing May 14 at Allen Correctional Facility. The committee cited victim and law-enforcement opposition in its decision to deny supervised release.
Swanson said at the hearing that he killed a woman and has spent nearly 25 years in custody working on sobriety and programming, including AA, veterans'tier programming and victim-impact classes. Attorneys and advocates presented a detailed reentry plan. Andrew Hundley of the…
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