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Louisiana death row inmate’s murder conviction overturned
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - A Louisiana district judge overturned the 1998 conviction of a death row inmate on Wednesday, April 23.
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He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.
Jimmie Christian Duncan has spent over 26 years on death row at Louisiana’s Angola prison for the rape and murder of his ...
Death penalty sought for Las Vegas girl’s killer after Biden commuted sentence
A Louisiana prosecutor said he will seek the death penalty against a man who brutally killed a Las Vegas woman and her ...
Child-killer Thomas Sanders, whose sentence was commuted by Biden, faces death penalty in Louisiana
A convicted child murderer whose death sentence was commuted by former President Biden during his last weeks in office has ...
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As Louisiana revives death penalty, a bill could shorten time from conviction to execution
Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.
Louisiana child killer spared by Biden faces death penalty again after ‘outrageous’ commutation: DA
Child killer Thomas Sanders, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010, is facing death again after former President ...
The Advocate15d
Louisiana Supreme Court rejects latest death warrants; execution dates off
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday recalled execution warrants that a judge had signed for two death row inmates who were ...
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As Louisiana revives death penalty, a bill could shorten time from conviction to execution
She has long complained that families of victims must wait too long to see death row inmates executed due to lengthy appeals processes. In Louisiana, death row inmates have sat in prison for ...