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  • Judge calls off execution scheduled on Ash Wednesday

    February 7, 2013 11:41 AM

    BATON ROUGE - The execution for a Desoto Parish man convicted in the death of his stepson has been put on hold by a federal judge in Baton Rouge. U.S. District Judge James Brady ruled Thursday that state corrections officials have given Christopher Sepulvado too little information about the... more »
  • Jindal rejects call from bishops to stop execution Play Video

    February 5, 2013 2:03 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal won't halt a state execution planned for next week of a DeSoto Parish man who murdered his 6-year-old stepson two decades ago. Jindal spokesman Sean Lansing said Tuesday that the governor sees no reason to intervene in the case. Christopher Sepulvado is scheduled to... more »
  • District judge postpones Texas woman's execution

    January 29, 2013 2:16 PM

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A Dallas judge has halted the scheduled execution of a Texas woman that was set for Tuesday evening. She would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. in three years. The order from state District Judge Larry Mitchell moves the execution of 51-year-old... more »
  • Texas to execute woman for neighbor's stabbing

    January 29, 2013 10:43 AM

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The execution of a Texas woman convicted of murdering her 71-year-old neighbor will mark the first time in three years that a woman has been put to death in the U.S. Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1997 fatal stabbing of... more »
  • Texas to execute woman for neighbor's stabbing

    January 29, 2013 2:45 AM

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The execution of a Texas woman convicted of murdering her 71-year-old neighbor will mark the first time in three years that a woman has been put to death in the U.S. Fifty-one-year-old Kimberly McCarthy is scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1997 fatal stabbing of... more »
  • Texas inmate set to die this week loses appeal

    October 29, 2012 10:10 AM

    HOUSTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a Louisiana parole violator set to die this week in Texas for the slaying of an East Texas woman at her home nine years ago. Forty-one-year-old Donnie Lee Roberts is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening in... more »
  • Conn. inmate saw oysters as way out from death row

    July 3, 2012 12:24 PM

    HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man on death row for the killings of a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion says he came up with a bizarre plan to end his own life by lying about killing others in a spree of violence. In an interview... more »
  • Execution temporarily delayed for a convicted killer

    April 25, 2012 4:14 PM

    BATON ROUGE - A federal judge has granted a temporary stay of execution for Todd Wessinger, who was scheduled to be executed on May 9th. Wessinger was convicted for the murders of two workers at a now-closed Calendar's Restaurant on Perkins Road in 1995. U.S. District Judge James... more »
  • Miss. inmate asks US Sup Court to block execution

    March 15, 2012 1:40 PM

    JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Tuesday's execution based on the argument that his lawyers didn't do a good job and prosecutors discriminated during jury selection. Larry Matthew Puckett is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1995 sexual... more »
  • May 9 execution date set in Baton Rouge killings

    March 6, 2012 2:18 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La.- A judge has set a May 9 execution date for Todd Wessinger, who was convicted in 1997 and sentenced to die in the 1995 slaying of two Baton Rouge restaurant employees. The Advocate reported the date was set Friday for Wessinger by state District Judge Richard Anderson.... more »
  • Prosecutors ask judge to set execution date for convicted killer

    February 28, 2012 2:24 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Prosecutors have asked a state judge to set an execution date for Todd Wessinger after a federal judge denied his bid for a new trial or sentencing in the 1995 slaying of two employees at the now-closed Calendar's Restaurant. Wessinger's appellate attorneys are expected to... more »
  • Killer of Warrick Dunn's mother ruled mentally ill, cannot be executed Play Video

    February 23, 2012 4:53 PM

    BATON ROUGE - The man convicted of killing Baton Rouge native and former NFL star Warrick Dunn's mother cannot be executed. A U.S. District judge said Thursday that the man's mental state is the reason. Kevan Brumfield was convicted and sentenced in the 1993 murder of Baton Rouge police... more »
  • Life for hit man in 1994 killer cop case

    December 21, 2011 12:27 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - A hit man who avoided the death penalty has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman at the direction of a New Orleans police officer. Victim Kim Groves' two adult children addressed U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan before she sentenced Paul Hardy on Tuesday.... more »
  • Judge Stays Put

    October 14, 2010 8:05 PM

    A state judge in Texas refused to step aside in a hearing that could determine if a man was wrongfully executed even though prosecutors asked him to recuse himself. Judge Charlie Baird says he'll preside over the case that could clear Cameron Willingham of setting a fire that killed... more »
  • Texas jury mulls death sentence for child-killer

    July 29, 2010 12:23 PM

    A Texas jury is deliberating whether to give a death sentence to a 29-year-old man convicted of beheading his common-law wife's three children in 2003. John Allen Rubio faces execution or life in prison with an opportunity for parole after 40 years. Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez... more »
  • Clemency decision expected from UT parole board

    June 14, 2010 8:48 AM

    A condemned Utah inmate scheduled for execution by firing squad will soon know if a Utah parole board will grant him clemency. Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner will learn his fate today from the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. The last time Utah granted clemency to a condemned man... more »
  • Killer wants firing squad execution

    April 23, 2010 8:35 PM

    A condemned killer in Utah ask a judge to be executed by firing squad and the judge granted his request. Ronnie Lee Gardner had the choice between lethal injection or firing squad by a five-member team. Gardner got the death penalty for killing a lawyer 25-years ago during an escape... more »
  • Bin Laden threatens Americans

    March 25, 2010 8:41 PM

    An audio recording said to be of Osama Bin Laden threatens to kill Americans if Khalid Sheik Mohammed is executed. Mohammed is the self-professed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks. He has said that if he is executed, it would make him a martyr and he would welcome it. Al-Jazeera aired... more »
  • Mother of convicted killer speaks after execution

    January 8, 2010 5:38 PM

    The mother of convicted killer Gerald Bordelon told News 2 in her first ever television interview she didn't witness the execution to honor her son's wishes. Gerald Bordelon was put to death by lethal injection Thursday night at the State Penitentiary at Angola. Bordelon killed his 12-year-old stepdaughter Courtney... more »
  • Convicted killer put to death

    January 7, 2010 10:40 PM

    Convicted killer Gerald Bordelon was put to death by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He is among the first inmates at Angola to waive his right to appeal his death sentence. Bordelon raped and killed his 12-year-old stepdaughter Courtney LeBlanc... more »
  • Bordelon execution set for tonight

    January 7, 2010 11:01 AM

    Prison officials and a lawyer for convicted killer Gerald Bordelon said they don't expect any last-minute disruptions to plans for Bordelon's execution Thursday evening. It will be Louisiana's first execution since 2002. Bordelon, 47, is scheduled to be put to death by injection at the Louisiana State Penitentiary between 6... more »
  • Angola leaders plan for state's first execution in eight years

    January 6, 2010 5:21 PM

    Prison leaders at Angola are preparing to execute a condemned prisoner from Livingston Parish in less than 24 hours. Gerald Bordelon killed his 12-year-old stepdaughter, Courtney Leblanc, back in 2002. He kidnapped, raped and strangled her to death near Florida Boulevard and the Amite River. Warden Burl Cain... more »
  • Bordelon execution set for Thursday

    January 6, 2010 10:44 AM

    Louisiana will conduct its first execution since 2002 when convicted killer Gerald Bordelon is put to death Thursday by injection for murdering his 12-year-old stepdaughter. State prison officials say they don't expect any last-minute disruption to the execution plans at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Bordelon waived his right... more »
  • DC Sniper's son reacts to father's execution

    November 13, 2009 4:56 PM

    The son of DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad told reporters Friday afternoon he loves his father despite what he did seven years ago. Muhammad was executed Tuesday night in Virginia. He's responsible for killing 10 and nearly paralyzing the nation's capital back in 2002. His teenage accomplice, Lee... more »
  • D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed

    November 10, 2009 9:53 PM

    John Allen Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. EST at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., according to prison spokesman Larry Traylor. Muhammad was the mastermind of the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in October 2002. Muhammad had no final statement.... more »
  • Supreme Court refuses to block execution

    November 9, 2009 11:57 AM

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. He is scheduled to die by injection at a Virginia prison for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during a three-week spree in October 2002 across Maryland, Virginia and... more »
  • Sniper to appeal execution

    November 3, 2009 9:52 AM

    Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week's execution. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison, for the slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas, Va.,... more »
  • Court sets execution date for DC sniper mastermind

    September 16, 2009 9:02 AM

    A Virginia judge on Wednesday set a Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead. The attorney general's office last week requested that the execution be on Nov. 9, but Prince William County Circuit... more »

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