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New Orleans double execution: 2 sentences trimmed
March 12, 2012 5:47 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Men sentenced to 50 years for a double execution got their sentences shaved to 35 years each for testimony that helped convict the ringleader in what started as a kidnap-for-ransom scheme. Gregory Vincent and Layman Foster Jr. both had pleaded guilty to manslaughter of Calyisse Perkins... more » -
May 9 execution date set in Baton Rouge killings
March 6, 2012 7:11 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - 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... more » -
RANT- Utah convicted killers sentenced to death can choose form of execution. Should they have this freedom?
June 9, 2010 12:31 PM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Barring a last-minute reprieve, Ronnie Lee Gardner will be strapped into a chair, a hood will be placed over his head and a small white target will be pinned over his heart. The order will come: "Ready, aim..." The 49-year-old convicted killer will be executed... more » -
Louisiana preps for its first execution since 2002
January 6, 2010 12:18 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - 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... more »
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