Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, an 81-year-old Louisiana man who was scheduled to be executed, died Saturday night according to his lawyers, just days after a judge handed down an execution date. Sepulvado was to be executed on March 17 for the murder of his 6-year-old stepson in 1992 after a judge granted a death warrant on Feb.
Louisiana man on death row for 30 years dies weeks before execution
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
Louisiana death row inmate dies before scheduled March execution
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died in custody on the night of Feb. 22, his attorney said in an emailed statement.
Death row inmate dies one month before he’s set to be executed for brutal killing of young stepson
An 81-year-old death row inmate who was convicted of the brutal murder of his young stepson died one month before he was scheduled to be executed by the state of Louisiana, according to local
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's oldest death row inmate dies ahead of scheduled execution
Christopher Sepulvado was scheduled for execution in the next few weeks on March 17. He died from terminal illness at a Louisiana Penitentiary at the age of
Louisiana man with execution date next month dies at Angola
Christopher Sepulvado, the 81-year-old man who was facing execution next month for the 1992 murder of his stepson, died overnight at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, according to his attorney.
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A federal judge in the Middle District Court of Louisiana granted a motion to expedite consideration and reopening of the case.
Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson has died.
Death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before scheduled March 17 execution
Sepulvado was sentenced to die for the 1992 murder of his 6-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, whom authorities said was beaten and scalded to death. The boy’s mother Yvonne Jones was convicted of manslaughter in the death and served more than seven years in prison.
Louisiana inmate dies of natural causes before March execution date
Christopher Sepulvado passed away at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
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