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81-year-old death row inmate dies weeks before his scheduled execution
Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for his young stepson’s murder in what would have been one of the first two executions in 15 years as the state shifts its posture on capital punishment.
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March.
Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
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 conditions," according to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died from "natural causes," the state corrections department said. He was convicted of murder in the 1992 killing of his 6-year-old stepson.
Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years
Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years - “Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for her son’s murder,
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,
Son of death row inmate who died ahead of execution date speaks out
The son of convicted child killer, Christopher Sepulvado, is speaking out about his father for the first time in his life.
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 death row inmate dies a month before scheduled execution
An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, officials and his lawyer said.
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.
He died before Louisiana could execute him, and he might not be the last
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was scheduled to die by nitrogen gas in March. His death by natural causes compels America to ...
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