Louisiana executions stall for a decade amid legal quandary

Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it's been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner has laid on the chamber's black-padded gurney to die. Sixty-eight people sit on Louisiana’s death row, with no execution dates set. In January, Louisiana reached the 10-year mark since its last execution, joining a trend of falling execution numbers across the country.

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