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The provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 15:178 are intended for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing legal services and related expenses for capital defendants who have been sentenced to death and are not intended to confer substantive or procedural rights not otherwise provided by law.

Acts 1999, No. 1012, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §16; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008.