| 56 of the 57 people on Louisiana's death row have asked for life in prison instead of death by lethal injection ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 2010 was the last year Louisiana put anyone to death ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Two clemency requests from death row inmates have been granted since the death penalty was instated in Louisiana in the 1970s ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Source: Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole, death row inmates attorneys | 