Paul Massey v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the CourtKnoll, J.
| ¶ This case concerns whether defendant, Paul Massey, is eligible to receive “good time” credits when the law changed after the offenses were committed, eliminating Massey’s eligibility to earn early release.
In 2006, the Legislature amended the statute that gave inmates the capacity to earn early release from their prison sentence — “good time” credits — in exchange for good behavior and the performance of work or self-improvement activities. This amendment significantly narrowed the class of inmates qualified to receive good time credits, excluding from eligibility, as pertinent here, those…
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