Calls Grow for Gov. John Bel Edwards to Commute Sentences of Death Row Prisoners

Anti-death penalty advocates in Louisiana are calling on Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to act within the next two weeks to commute the sentences of the vast majority of prisoners on death row, who first appealed to the governor in June following his public statement decrying capital punishment. Fifty-six out of 60 prisoners on Louisiana’s death row filed clemency petitions with the state Board…

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