Anti-death penalty advocates in Louisiana are urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to commute the sentences of the vast majority of prisoners on death row.
he plans to restart state-sanctioned executions, which haven’t been carried out in Louisiana in over a decade. He has also said he would consider using firing squads and the electric chair to bypass shortages of drugs used in lethal injections., gathering support for the push to convince Edwards to act on behalf of the prisoners, saying the governor “can still choose life over death, dignity over violence, right over wrong.
“In refusing to consider these applications, the board has rescinded its own ability to use thoughtful, careful judgment to consider the worthiness of each human being,” said the group in a statement. “Hiding behind the smoke and mirrors of an unprecedented misapplication of its own bureaucratic rules, the board is attempting to cover its decision to condemn these people to die. It now rests on Gov. Edwards to instruct the board to set hearings for people on death row.
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