Reaching the 10-year mark since its last execution this month, Louisiana has joined a trend of falling execution numbers across the country. But a 2018 survey by Louisiana State University found a majority of Louisiana residents favour the death penalty. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat recently reelected to a second term, refuses to disclose his personal opinion about the death penalty. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Twenty-two condemned inmates were executed last year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, Louisiana’s held 28 executions.

Source: thestar February 03, 2020 06:00 UTC