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| Executions in La. on hold until at least January 2018 |
| By louisianaweekly.com- Della Hasselle |
| Published: 06/07/2016 |
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A trial on the legality of the death penalty in Louisiana has been delayed again as the state tries to determine its execution method. On Wednesday of last week, a federal judge delayed for 18 months proceedings on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s death penalty procedures, as well as the execution of convicted child-killer Christopher Sepulvado. Sepulvado and another death-row inmate, Jessie Hoffman, are named in the filing, but the ruling affects all inmates on death row. The state can’t execute anyone until its method is examined in federal court as part of a lawsuit brought by the inmates against the state Department of Corrections. Sepulvado, who was convicted of beating his stepson with a screwdriver and then submerging his body in scalding water, has won several stays of execution. He argues that the state’s method of lethal injection violates his constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Read More. |
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