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| Trial again delayed in case challenging La. execution method |
| By theind.com- Melinda Deslatte |
| Published: 06/24/2015 |
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U.S. District Judge James Brady agreed Tuesday to the state’s request to delay a trial about the constitutionality of Louisiana’s execution protocol. A new status conference in the lawsuit was set for July 11, 2016, to set a trial date. Lawyers for the state penitentiary and Department of Corrections asked for the postponement, writing in their request that “the facts and issues that are involved in this proceeding continue to be in a fluid state, meaning that it would be a waste of resources and time to litigate this matter at present.” The lethal injection planned for Christopher Sepulvado, convicted of murdering his 6-year-old stepson in 1992, has been on hold since February 2014, amid a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol. The state’s method of lethal injection has changed as the drugs used in executions have become more difficult to acquire, and it’s unclear if Louisiana currently has the drugs on hand to carry out an execution. Read More. |
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