Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
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The Death Penalty in Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards recently said he opposes the death penalty. The Times Pickyune in New Orleans reported that nearly all of the 57 people on Louisiana's death row have asked him to spare their lives. A total of 51 clemency applications filed Tuesday morning with the Louisiana Board of pardons and Committee on parole do not ask Edwards to free all of those death row prisoners. Instead, the documents ask him to soften their sentences to life in prison.
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