Parole denied for man convicted in 2005 manslaughter case amid victim opposition
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Summary
After hearing family testimony and victim opposition, the parole panel denied parole to Bridal Fuller Love, citing insufficient substance-abuse programming and disciplinary history despite vocational training and expressions of remorse.
The Committee on Parole denied parole Jan. 15 to Bridal Fuller Love (DOC 471907), who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a Jefferson Parish case in 2005 and is serving a 40-year sentence.
Family members and friends urged the board to grant parole, stressing rehabilitation, long periods of sobriety and plans for reentry with family support. The victim’s family and a representative of the Jefferson Parish district attorney’s office opposed release, emphasizing the seriousness of the harm and gaps in evidence of sustained substance-abuse treatment. The DA’s representative noted that Fuller Love had completed limited self-help programming and vocational training but lacked long-term substance-abuse treatment and had disciplinary entries, including contraband findings.
Facility staff told the panel Fuller Love had obtained a GED and vocational training but had not completed self-help programming since 2011; the warden suggested victim-impact and longer-term substance-abuse classes would be appropriate before release.
Panel members said they heard remorse but were persuaded by victim opposition, law-enforcement concerns, and the absence of corroborating programming. The panel voted to deny parole and encouraged Fuller Love to pursue victim-impact and substance-abuse treatment in custody before reapplying.
