Por: The Advocate Politics August 09, 2023
In the latest salvo in a high-stakes political and legal drama, Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday directed the state Pardon Board to decide whether to grant clemency to nearly all of the inmates on Louisiana’s death row.Edwards, a death penalty opponent, acted after the Pardon Board on July 26 from 56 of the 57 death row inmates, saying none of them were eligible for clemency because of a just-issued advisory by Attorney General Jeff Landry,... + full article
The Advocate USA Crime August 27, 2023
A majority of Louisiana voters oppose an effort by Gov. John Bel Edwards , according to a new poll conducted amid a political and legal fight over the future of executions in the state. Fifty-one percent of voters oppose Edwards’ ongoing push to soften those prisoners’... + más
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The Advocate USA Crime July 26, 2023
Louisiana's pardon board has turned away all 56 petitions for executive clemency that were filed in June by death row prisoners in the state, saying none of them are currently eligible.The blockbuster decision could leave it up to Gov. John Bel Edwards to direct the board... + más
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The Advocate USA Crime July 19, 2023
Louisiana's pardon board can't waive a procedural hurdle to weigh clemency requests from death row prisoners, Attorney General Jeff Landry wrote in an opinion released Wednesday as the board sifts through a in capital cases. The state's Board of Pardons and... + más
Pardon board turns away Louisiana death row clemency petitions en masse | The Advocate
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Slate USA Politics June 19, 2023
Like President Joe Biden, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards now and that he would like to see it abolished. While Biden equivocates, Gov. Edwards has an opportunity to turn his words into meaningful action. If he does so, the Democratic governor of a deep red state may offer an... + más
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The Advocate USA Politics June 15, 2023
Advocates are urging Gov. John Bel Edwards of before he leaves office. Here's what you need to know: What just happened? Attorneys on Tuesday filed petitions for executive clemency on behalf of -- all but six of the death row population. What are they seeking? Each of... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Opinion May 21, 2023
Re (Editorial, May 14): Clemency, which is now a rarity, was used historically as a fail-safe to ensure that a sentence was serving justice. Innocent people may be wrongly convicted, judges may impose overly harsh sentences, and mandatory sentences are blunt instruments that... + más
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Prominent death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean, whose book “Dead Man Walking” was turned into a movie, on Wednesday joined others calling on Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to grant death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day reprieve from his scheduled... + más
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