BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry says a Midwesterner sentenced to life in prison for the 1981 killing of a Baton Rouge man should be given a term of years and become eligible for parole.
William Ollis, 75, had gone before the state Pardons Board in May and it recommended he be given a term of 99 years in prison. With Landry’s approval this week, the matter now goes to the state Committee on Parole, which must make a decision within 180 days.
The Board of Pardons cited the amount time Ollis had served, his age and a recommendation from the warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola…