Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date, attorney says
Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail, dying old man to a chair and force him to breathe toxic gas into his failing lungs is simply barbaric,
Louisiana inmate dies of natural causes before March execution date
Christopher Sepulvado passed away at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
Louisiana man with execution date next month dies at Angola
Christopher Sepulvado, the 81-year-old man who was facing execution next month for the 1992 murder of his stepson, died overnight at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, according to his attorney.
Louisiana death row inmate dies of illness weeks before scheduled execution
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was the DeSoto Parish man sentenced to death for the beating and scalding death of his 6-year-old stepson in 1992.
Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies ahead of scheduled execution
Christopher Sepulvado was scheduled for execution in the next few weeks on March 17. He died from terminal illness at a Louisiana Penitentiary at the age of
Death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before scheduled March 17 execution
Louisiana’s first inmate scheduled for execution in the past 15 years has died of illness and natural causes, less than a month ahead of his scheduled death, his attorney and state officials said Sunday (Feb.
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