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John Bel Edwards tells board to consider clemency cases in push to empty death row

Por: The Advocate Politics August 09, 2023

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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



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