Louisiana Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers

LACDL monitoring bill making domestic violence, sex assault acts admissible in civil cases

By Karen Kidd | Friday, May 20, 2016 @ 5:14pm

BATON ROUGE – Proposed legislation currently in the state House that would allow prior acts of domestic abuse, sexual assault and other offenses to be admissible in civil cases also includes provisions for criminal prosecution, an attorney who has testified before the Louisiana Senate about similar bills, said during a recent interview.