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A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence. [1]
Christopher Sepulvado (November 11, 1943 – February 23, 2025) was an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death in Louisiana for the 1992 murder of his six-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, who was beaten with a screwdriver and scalded to death.
Mosley, who murdered Back, was sentenced to life in prison. Myers became the youngest inmate on death row in Ohio at the time of his sentence. Donna Roberts: Had her ex-husband killed in order to collect his life insurance. 21 years, 242 days [82] Roberts is the only female death row inmate in Ohio. William Kessler Sapp
The 51 clemency applications came after a bill to abolish the death penalty failed during Louisiana's legislative session, which adjourned Thursday. ... Nearly all of Louisiana's death row inmates ...
Approximately 60 inmates are on death row in Louisiana, but executions have stalled due to legal challenges and drug shortages. Also on the list of state sanctioned execution methods is ...
Last year nearly every death row inmate in Louisiana asked for clemency — the commutation of a death sentence to life in prison — from then-Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who favored ...
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.
When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury. In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial). [5] The governor may commute death sentences with advice and consent of the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole ...