Louisiana Politics

Death row clemency hearings delayed as Jeff Landry, others cry foul

By Jessica Williams | Capitol News Bureau Editor

Clemency pleas: The state's pardon board on Monday postponed consideration of 56 death row prisoners' requests to live, after Attorney General Jeff Landry and others showed up to decry the process, James Finn reports. Landry and others say the process is being rushed.

Trump in Louisiana: Former President Donald Trump isn't worried that his indictments will hurt his election prospects next year, he told a throng of reporters as he visited the New Orleans area Tuesday. Trump was in town to fundraise for his 2024 presidential bid, Tyler Bridges reports.

Hunter Lundy: Gubernatorial candidate Hunter Lundy is a Christian fundamentalist who vows to lift residents out of poverty through investments in public schools and social programs. Sam Karlin has this profile of the candidate.

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Numbers to Know

56 of the 57 people on Louisiana's death row have asked for life in prison instead of death by lethal injection

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2010 was the last year Louisiana put anyone to death

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Two clemency requests from death row inmates have been granted since the death penalty was instated in Louisiana in the 1970s

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Source: Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole, death row inmates attorneys

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