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More prosecutors join Baton Rouge DA's push to halt 'rushed' clemency hearings for death row inmates
September 20, 2023 11:54 AM
BATON ROUGE - More of Louisiana's top prosecutors are joining East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore in seeking an injunction to deny a series of expedited clemency hearings for the "worst of the worst" in the state's prison system. A press conference being held Wednesday was set to... more » -
Calendar's Restaurant killer death sentence reinstated
July 20, 2017 7:11 PM
NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated Todd Kelvin Wessinger's death sentence in the 1995 double murder at a popular Baton Rouge restaurant. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2015 decision by U.S. District Judge James Brady that Wessinger had not had an effective... more » -
Charleston shooter Dylann Roof sentenced to death
January 10, 2017 5:01 PM
CHARLESTON, SC - A jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the murder of nine church goers in Charleston, South Carolina. The jury came to its decision after about three hours of deliberations. Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was guilty of opening fire on an African-American church... more »