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• Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars Play Video

  November 27, 2025 6:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year. Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after prosecutors accused him of raping and drowning 23-month-old... more »

• Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man's lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis Play Video

  April 29, 2025 11:32 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate’s legal team argued was based on “junk science.” Jimmie Duncan was originally convicted of first-degree... more »

• Federal judge lets inmates jump-start challenge to Louisiana's execution procedures Play Video

  February 21, 2025 5:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A federal judge resurrected a challenge to Louisiana's death penalty procedures Friday as the state prepares to reopen its execution chamber. Two inmates are scheduled to die next month, likely by nitrogen hypoxia. A 2012 lawsuit challenging Louisiana's execution methods was dismissed as moot in... more »

• Landry says state has new protocol in place to kill death row inmates with nitrogen gas Play Video

  February 10, 2025 4:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday the state had adopted a new execution protocol that will let prison officials use nitrogen gas to kill death row inmates. A brief summary of the protocol says that a "specialized mask" would be placed on an inmate and that pure... more »

• NAKAMOTO: Settlement reached in fight over death row clemency requests, lawsuits to be dismissed Play Video

  October 2, 2023 5:50 PM

  UPDATE: The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned Tuesday that District Attorneys and the Attorney General have reached an agreement with the Board of Pardons. Tuesday, Judge Don Johnson dismissed multiple lawsuits tied to the death row clemency hearings at their request. Lawyers representing the inmates said they would appeal. ... more »

• Arizona poised to use Nazi-era gas in death row executions

  June 3, 2021 7:07 AM

  PHOENIX, Arizona - At least one U.S. state intends to proceed with the controversial practice of carrying out executions of death row inmates by means of gas chambers that make use of Nazi-era chemicals, ABC News reports. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry has invested thousands of... more »

• Murder victims families gather at the Capitol pleading for death sentences to be carried out Play Video

  March 12, 2019 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Decades since their loved ones were killed, family members of murder victims gathered at the capitol pleading for them to do something when it comes to inmates just sitting on death row. In Louisiana, the last execution was in 2010. Nationally, 25 executions took place last year. Currently,... more »