Louisiana's governor came out as opposing the death penalty, & now advocates hope he'll commute death sentences of everyone on death row... before he's out in January.

What's fascinating here is the push for clemency as a form of collective action. Of policy.

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The Death Penalty on Trial in Louisiana - Bolts

LaDerrick Campbell has an IQ in the 60s. His defense counsel described him as “the most profoundly mentally ill client” they had ever encountered. Daniel Blank’s confession was coerced; one... Read More

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