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August 11, 2023

Louisiana Gov. Orders Pardon Board to Review Clemency Requests for 56 Death Row Prisoners
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The Louisiana Pardon Board has begun scheduling clemency hearings for
the state's death row prisoners one day after Governor John Bel Edwards
ordered the move. This comes after the board last month refused to set
hearings for 56 death row prisoners who filed a mass petition to commute
their sentences before Democratic Governor Edwards leaves office next
year. Edwards opposes the death penalty.


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