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Parole denied for Eric John Adams Jr.; law enforcement opposition cited
Summary
The Louisiana Committee on Parole denied parole for Eric John Adams Jr., DOC 772436, citing substantial law enforcement opposition and an extensive criminal history that includes violence. Board members said he will reach automatic release on his good-time date, Oct. 29, 2025.
The Committee on Parole denied parole on May 21 for Eric John Adams Jr., DOC 772436, a second-felony offender convicted of simple burglary and monetary instrument abuse and sentenced on Sept. 5, 2024, to concurrent five-year terms in Acadia Parish.
Adams told the panel he turned to theft and drug use after losing employment and that he completed an eight-week, faith-based recovery class called Freedom Rains. "I've been down. I realized my mistakes, and I just I'm ready to move forward and and start a a normal life," Adams said during his interview.
Committee member Miss Stapleton, who led the questioning, highlighted Adams's lengthy arrest history and prior violent offenses. "You were arrested 17 times for 25 crimes, and 12 of those crimes were against a person," Stapleton said. She noted entries on his master prison record including cruelty to juveniles, domestic-abuse battery and child endangerment and questioned whether Adams had completed domestic-violence programming; he said he was taking anger-management classes but had not completed a domestic-violence course.
Warden and facility staff reported that Adams has held a steady job since his transfer and has had no recent violent incidents while incarcerated. Despite that, Stapleton cited "strong law enforcement opposition" from the district attorney's office, the sheriff's office and the chief of police and said she would vote to deny parole. Stapleton cast the first vote to deny, and board members Prater and Chairman Danny Barra each indicated concurrence. "Your parole has been denied, but you do have a good time date of 10/29/25, which is going to be an automatic release," Barra told Adams after the vote.
The panel recorded no in-person supporters or witnesses testifying for Adams and no witnesses in opposition present at the hearing; opposition was represented by written submissions from local law-enforcement offices. The board did not direct additional supervision or programming as part of a conditional parole in this hearing.
Adams's parole denial concludes the Committee's business at the East Feliciana hearing location.
