Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a result of complications arising from his pre-existing medical conditions," according to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date at Angola
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,
Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out ...
In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison ...
Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out ...
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