Almost every death row inmate in Louisiana has filed for clemency after the state's governor expressed his opposition to the death penalty in April.
Fifty-one of Louisiana's 57 death row prisoners filed clemency applications on Tuesday, requesting that their sentences be commuted to life in prison. The applications were sparked by comments from Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has long been tight-lipped about his views on the death penalty, during his April State of the State speech.
