Nearly all of the people on Louisiana’s death row have asked to convert their prison time into life sentences, after Governor John Bel Edwards recently broke his silence on capital punishment and stated his opposition to executions.
In total, 51 of the state’s 57 people on death row filed petitions with a state parole and pardon board seeking clemency. The decision ultimately rests with the governor, a Democrat, who could convert the inmates’ sentences to life in prison.
