Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards to spare them from execution, after the governor recently said he is against the death penalty. But the state's attorney general and others say the inmates aren't eligible to be considered for clemency.
Only one death row resident is not part of the push to commute their sentences, with 56 prisoners hoping Edwards will grant their requests. But they have a limited timeframe in which to operate: The governor is in the final months of his term in office.
