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[Opinion] Louisiana Federal Judge Denies Death Row Inmate's Request, Execution Can Move Ahead
His attorneys argued jurors never heard evidence of childhood brain injury and ineffective counsel, while he also challenges Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution method.
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Louisiana federal judge denies death row inmate's request, execution can move ahead
BATON ROUGE - A federal judge presiding over Todd Wessinger's plea for a new sentencing date decided Tuesday to side with an appeals court and denied him the possibility of leniency, paving the way for his execution. On Nov. 19, 1995, Todd Kelvin Wessinger went into the kitchen of Calendar's Restaurant on Perkins Road and killed manager Stephanie Guzzardo, 27, David Breakwell, 46, and shot a 19-year-old.Wessinger was 27 at the time of the shooti…
·Baton Rouge, United States
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Todd Wessinger asks Jeff Landry for death row mercy, says jury never heard key evidence
A few days after he was denied a rehearing, Louisiana death row inmate Todd Wessinger is asking to swap his looming execution for life without parole, pointing to two past federal opinions that said he was denied effective legal representation.
·Los Angeles, United States
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