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- JUNE 16, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Clemency bill awaits Blanco's signature----Law would...
Clemency bill awaits Blanco's signature----Law would reduce chances for lifers A proposed law awaiting Gov
- JUNE 15, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness...
Bill outlines competency to die----Severe mental illness will prevent execution Prisoners on Louisiana's death row who are so mentally incapacitated that they don't understand that they are going to die could be spared execution after being examined by me
- JUNE 10, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for...
An attempt to bar the death penalty as punishment for capital crimes for anyone under the age of 18 was rejected by the full House, falling 10 votes short of what it needed to pass
- MAY 19, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee...
The House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee committee voted 6-2 for a bill that would ban the state from imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18
- MAY 18, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill...
The Senate Judiciary B Committee approved Senate Bill 221 by Sen
- APRIL 15, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
District Attorney Paul Connick agreed that Ryan Matthews...
District Attorney Paul Connick agreed that Ryan Matthews should get a new trial and scheduled a court hearing to sign the papers
- MARCH 18, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux...
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux should be put to death
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Corey Williams, convicted of the robbery-murder of...
Corey Williams, convicted of the robbery-murder of a pizza delivery man is mentally retarded and not be subject to the death penalty, Caddo District Judge Scott Crichton ruled today in ordering him taken off death row
- JANUARY 1, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Louisiana allows the execution of juvenile offenders...
Louisiana allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above, but forbids the execution of mentally retarded
- JANUARY 1, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Three draft laws were presented in 2001, one for the...
Three draft laws were presented in 2001, one for the abolishment of the death penalty, one for a moratorium and one for the forming of a commission to study the death penalty
- DECEMBER 3, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The conviction and death sentence of Thomas Frank Cisco,...
The conviction and death sentence of Thomas Frank Cisco, convicted of killing 3 people in a robbery in 1997, were thrown out by the state Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree...
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree murder, a Jefferson Parish jury could not agree Sunday whether to sentence him to death, meaning he automatically will be sentenced to life in prison without parole