Louisiana death row inmate seeks to halt execution

Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.
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.
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March.
Louisiana Death Row Inmate Who Passed of 'Natural Causes' Days Before Execution Had His Leg Amputated Just Weeks Before
Sepulvado's attorneys said that doctors had recommended the inmate for hospice care shortly before prosecutors secured their warrant for execution, according to the outlet. He was on death row for beating the 6-year-old with the handle of screw driver and then immersed him in scalding water in a bath tub resulting in burns on 58% of his body.
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Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
A death row inmate slated to become the first person to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana is seeking to halt the execution, citing constitutional concerns over the controversial killing method.
He died before Louisiana could execute him, and he might not be the last
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas in March. His death by natural causes compels America to ...
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Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years
Sepulvado had been housed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the largest maximum-security lockup in the United States and the site of the nation’s longest-running prison rodeo.
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