Wesley Allen Mercer was 6 years old when he was beaten with a screwdriver and dropped into a tub filled with scalding water. DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) - A new execution date has been set for convicted ...

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 sentenced to death in 1993 for the killing of 6-year-old Wesley “Allen” Mercer, his stepson. The boy had come home in March 1992 having had a bathroom accident at school ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The son of convicted child killer, Christopher Sepulvado, is speaking out about his father for the first time in his life. Sepulvado was set to be executed March 17, but ...

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 ...

Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died in custody on the night of Feb. 22, his attorney Shawn Nolan said in an emailed statement. Sepulvado spent 30 years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (KTBS) — A DeSoto Parish man who tortured and killed his stepson more than 30 years ago has died while on death row. Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was scheduled for execution ...

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that U.S. District Judge James Brady abused his discretion when he stayed a Feb. 13 execution date for Sepulvado.

Federal judge delays Louisiana Ash Wednesday execution Christopher Sepulvado originally scheduled to die Feb. 13 Share Updated: 12:01 PM CST Feb 7, 2013 Infinite Scroll Enabled ...

Issue: Whether and to what extent the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment entitles a condemned inmate to timely notice of the method by which he will be executed. 01/30/2014 Supplemental ...

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.