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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 ...
Only woman on Death Row in Louisiana may receive execution date soon. Who is Antionette Frank?
The only woman on Louisiana Death Row, Antionette Frank, could receive execution date after 30 years of incarceration. Read ...
Old and unrelated footage falsely linked to DR Congo death row inmates
Congolese authorities announced that over 170 prisoners on death row over armed robberies would be executed. A recent video ...
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Antoinette Frank, ex-NOPD officer on death row, not yet eligible to be executed, DA says; AG raises concerns
A spokesperson for Louisiana's attorney general said "four to five" condemned prisoners are eligible to be executed. But that ...
Louisiana Is Restarting Executions for the First Time in 15 Years. Will Other States Follow?
Today, there are 63 people on Louisiana’s death row, well below the death row populations in Alabama and Texas, but almost twice the size of Mississippi’s. The last time a new death sentence was ...
Jewish group protests against nitrogen hypoxia as method of execution
The group Jews Against Gassing gathered on the steps of the Touro Synagogue to protest against the state’s plan to execute ...
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 ...
South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
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Keri Blakinger ’14 Receives Oscar Nomination for Death Row Inmate Documentary
Keri Blakinger’s ’14 journalistic work covering death row inmates has earned her an Oscar nomination as a producer for the documentary I Am Ready, Warden.
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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 ...