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Religion is baked into Louisiana's death penalty practices, but executions divide faith leaders
Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...
Execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. approved by 5th Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of ...
'The system lets it happen' | Warnings ignored? Repeat juvenile offender now faces steep adult consequences
After years of juvenile detention, a repeat offender now faces adult prison time—raising questions about the system’s failures and ignored warning signs.
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AP PHOTOS: A lens on prison labor
New Orleans-based photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick have been documenting life inside the Louisiana State ...
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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 the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for over 30 years. He was the oldest ...
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Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a result of complications arising from his pre-existing medical ...
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81-year-old death row inmate dies weeks before his scheduled execution
He was hospitalized last week in New Orleans, they said, and returned Friday to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. “Christopher Sepulvado’s death overnight in the prison infirmary is ...
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Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a result of complications arising from his pre-existing medical ...