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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison's website. But in 1972, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Gregg v.
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State finalizes drug protocol to allow death sentences to be carried out
We refuse to stand by while Louisiana resurrects the racist cruelties of the past, echoing the brutal injustices of lynching and slavery, especially offensive during Black History month ...
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry poised to resume death penalty executions
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death ...
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Louisiana executions to resume, Gov. Jeff Landry announces
Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry poised to resume death penalty executions
Jeff Landry said Louisiana will soon resume death penalty executions after the state corrections agency implemented ... especially offensive during Black History month, a month meant to honor ...