Louisiana pardon board denies clemency hearings to five on death row
The Louisiana state Board of Pardons voted Friday against granting clemency hearings to five Louisiana death row prisoners.
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The Louisiana state Board of Pardons voted Friday against granting clemency hearings to five Louisiana death row prisoners.
Antoinette Frank, the infamous New Orleans police officer and the only woman facing execution in Louisiana, will argue for mercy along with four condemned men on Friday as the Louisiana Board of Pardons weighs clemency hearings for the first in a historic batch of pleas from death-row.
The Louisiana Board of Pardons rejected the clemency applications of all five death-row prisoners who came Friday hoping for mercy before Gov. John Bel Edwards leaves office.
Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III is suing to powers of Louisiana Pardon Board, making him at odds with Gov. John Bel Edwards.
At Gov. John Bel Edwards' request, the Louisiana Board of Pardons has scheduled clemency hearings for 20 death row inmates seeking life imprisonment.