Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail, dying old man to a chair and force him to breathe toxic gas into his failing lungs is simply barbaric,

Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died in custody on the night of Feb. 22, his attorney said in an emailed statement.

Christopher Sepulvado had been on death row since 1993 and had finally been given an execution date in March before he died from a terminal illness