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| 3 reasons why executions are on hold in Louisiana |
| By nola.com- Julia O'Donoghue |
| Published: 07/24/2018 |
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Louisiana hasn't held an execution since 2010, despite having 72 people sitting on death row -- and it won't be resuming executions anytime soon. At the request of state authorities, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick agreed this week to a 12-month extension of an order temporarily delaying all executions in Louisiana for at least another year. The state is being sued in federal court over its lethal injection protocol for the death penalty. Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, said this week that Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, is also dragging his feet on resolving the execution issue. Edwards countered that Landry is using the state's difficulty with executions to score political points, but the governor has also declined to say whether he supports the death penalty at all. The two men often get into public political squabbles, and Landry is considering running against Edwards in the 2019 gubernatorial election. Read More. |
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