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Of the people with life sentences, 73.2% were Black, 26.6% were White, and .2% were other. 97.1% were male and 2.9% were female. [40] As of September 30, 2009, 84 people, including 82 males and 2 females, were on death row for committing violent crimes. The death row population constituted .2% of Louisiana's incarcerated offenders.
This was the major statute for deep water spill incidents. It addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability at deep water oil ports. Outer Continent Shelf Lands Act Amendments (1978). [8] This act addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability structure for oil extraction facilities in federal offshore waters. Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Act of 1979. [9]
The Louisiana Revised Statutes (R.S.) contain a significant amount of legislation, arranged in titles or codes. [2] Apart from this, the Louisiana Civil Code forms the core of private law, [3] the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (C.C.P.) governs civil procedure, the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure (C.Cr.P.) governs criminal procedure, the Louisiana Code of Evidence governs the law of ...
Heavy sheens of oil as visible on the surface of the water in Prince William Sound following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Laws governing oil spills in the United States began in 1851 with the Limitation of Liability Act. This statue, in an attempt to protect the shipping industry, stated that vessel owners were liable for incident-related costs ...
Map of the largest oil spills in U.S. waters since 1969. In May 2010, the United States Department of the Interior called for an end to drilling in the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Despite pushback from oil companies and states, [18] the Supreme Court ruled to keep the moratorium in place until October 2010. [19]
A slew of new Louisiana laws, recently passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, went into effect Tuesday. ... lawmakers added teeth to the law ...
Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, 554 U.S. 471 (2008), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.The Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that the punitive damages awarded to the victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill should be reduced from $2.5 billion to $500 million.
Update, 4:29 p.m.: The Lafourche Parish Facebook Page has been designated as the official source of info for the Raceland oil spill. A hotline was established for wildlife affected by the spill.