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Louisiana Legislation Would OK Waiver of Appeals

By Steve Hall

"Senate panel backs appeal waiver," is the title of Mark Ballard's report in today's Baton Rouge Advocate.A Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that was executed killer Gerald J. Bordelon?s dying wish: that those facing the death penalty can waive their right to appeal and proceed with the sentence.Bordelon, 47, was executed by lethal injection Jan. 7 for the November 2002 kidnapping, rape and murder of his 12-year-old stepdaughter, Courtney LeBlanc, of Livingston Parish. He gave up his right to appeal, but legal proceedings took an additional three years before his execution took place.?He was frustrated because it took three years to do something that seemed so simple,? said Jill Craft, who represented Bordelon during the time leading up to his execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 12, 2010 (boomark / email).