Lethal Injections in Louisiana (2015)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2015-07-17
Duration: 00:06:54
Subjects: Capital Punishment | United States. Supreme Court
Contributors:
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Fontenot, Jodie Editor
- Kappel, Cecilia Interviewee
- Levy, Ken Interviewee
Description
This segment from the July 17, 2015, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford’s report on the status of the death penalty in Louisiana following the the United States Supreme Court’s ruling that lethal injections are constitutional. Sanford reports that Louisiana’s last execution was in 2010 and that there are 83 death row inmates at Angola. Her report focuses on the case of Christopher Sepulvado, whose execution has been delayed since 2014. She interviews Cecilia Kappel, an attorney for Sepulvado on civil rights matters, and Ken Levy, a criminal law professor at LSU.