Premature Execution Warrants in Louisiana Deny Death-Sentenced Prisoners Due Process and Fair Consideration of Constitutional Claims | Death Penalty Information Center

Premature Execution Warrants in Louisiana Deny Death-Sentenced Prisoners Due Process and Fair Consideration of Constitutional Claims | Death Penalty Information Center

The Supreme Court has con­sis­tent­ly held that ​“death is dif­fer­ent”: the ​“qual­i­ta­tive dif­fer­ence between death and oth­er penal­ties calls for a greater degree of reli­a­bil­i­ty when the death sen­tence is imposed.” As a result, cap­i­tal defen­dants pur­sue a series of manda­to­ry and dis­cre­tionary appeals to ensure that mis­takes of con­sti­tu­tion­al sig­nif­i­cance are iden­ti­fied and cor­rect­ed. However, death-sen­tenced pris…