Louisiana, death row

Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March.
Louisiana Man on Death Row Dies Weeks Before March Execution Date
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson has died
Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date, attorney says
Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail, dying old man to a chair and force him to breathe toxic gas into his failing lungs is simply barbaric,
South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or the electric chair.
Death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before scheduled March 17 execution
Sepulvado was sentenced to die for the 1992 murder of his 6-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, whom authorities said was beaten and scalded to death. The boy’s mother Yvonne Jones was convicted of manslaughter in the death and served more than seven years in prison.
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
Louisiana inmate dies of natural causes before March execution date
An 81-year-old death row inmate died in the Louisiana State Penitentiary after spending over 30 years on death row.
'Barbaric': Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution in South Carolina next month
Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.
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Death penalty case revived in federal courts, raising questions about Louisiana execution methods
The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...
Trump's death penalty revival surfaces in Chicago gang case: 'That is textbook vindictive prosecution'
A federal jury found Donald “Lil’ Don” Lee and Torance “Blackie” Benson guilty of a racketeering conspiracy in November 2022 ...
Glynn Simmons spends two years on Oklahoma death row. It was only the beginning. Ch. 5
This was Simmons’ new reality. The young man from Louisiana who never had any prior convictions now languished in his tiny cell in Oklahoma.
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The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof. Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must ...
Christopher Sepulvado, Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate, dies before execution
Sepulvado, convicted in the 1992 killing of his six-year-old stepson Wesley Allen Mercer, had been on death row at Angola for ...
Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia's death row from execution
The state of Georgia said during Thursday arguments that a COVID-19 pandemic-related agreement shielding certain people on ...
Palm Coast man could face death penalty in child rape case, ordered held without bond
Kristopher Henriqson, 47, was accused of repeatedly raping a girl starting when she was about 9 until after she turned 12, ...