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  • Parole board denies clemency for Todd Wessinger, death row inmate condemned for 1995 double murder

    November 27, 2023 9:29 AM

    UPDATE: The pardons and parole board has voted to deny clemency for Todd Wessinger. BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole on Monday will hear the pleas for clemency from five death row inmates, including a man who was convicted in the 1995 murders of... more »
  • Poll: Most opposed to death row clemency in Louisiana

    August 27, 2023 7:29 PM

    BATON ROUGE - By a 5-to-4 margin, Louisianians oppose an effort by Gov. John Bel Edwards to commute the sentences of those on death row, a new statewide poll shows. The exclusive WBRZ survey of likely voters asked whether they were for or against the governor's proposal to remove... more »
  • Alabama executes man convicted of killing 3 officers; sparks controversy

    March 6, 2020 2:33 PM

    ATMORE, Ala. - Inmate Nathaniel Woods, 43, was executed Thursday evening for the 2004 slaying of three officers who was shot by another man. Following a lethal injection at the state prison in Atmore, Woods was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. Authorities say that Woods had no final words... more »
  • Second prosecutor seeks death penalty against man accused of five murders Play Video

    August 28, 2019 7:11 PM

    GONZALES - Ascension Parish District Attorney Ricky Babin said his office filed paperwork Wednesday seeking the death penalty against Dakota Theriot. Theriot is accused of killing his parents in Ascension, as well as killing his girlfriend, her brother and her father in Livingston Parish. Livingston prosecutors are seeking the death... more »
  • DA ends quest for death penalty in 1993 officer killing

    July 1, 2016 10:29 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Kevan Brumfield, convicted of first-degree murder in the 1993 shooting death of Cpl. Betty Smothers and wounding of store manager Kimen Lee, will not be put to death by the state. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month shot down Moore's request for further proceedings on... more »
  • Execution delayed for man convicted in woman's 1997 killing

    February 17, 2016 4:35 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Supreme Court has delayed the planned execution of a man convicted of beating and stabbing a 71-year-old woman to death while robbing her home in 1997. The court agreed Wednesday to indefinitely postpone the March 14 execution date that a state judge had set... more »
  • Dept. of Corrections: No drugs on hand for scheduled March execution

    February 15, 2016 2:36 PM

    GONZALES - The Department of Safety & Corrections say they don’t have the execution drugs on hand necessary to carry out an execution scheduled for next month. Serial killer Daniel Blank was scheduled to have his death sentence carried out on Mar. 14 in Ascension Parish. The department... more »

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