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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards recently spoke out against the death penalty, saying it conflicts with "pro-life" views. Now dozens of inmates are asking him to commute their death sentences to life in prison before he leaves office.

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.

Lori Vallow Daybell was photographed on Tuesday as she was booked into the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Prosecutors in Arizona are looking to bring her to that state to face more charges there.

What's next for Lori Vallow Daybell? More murder charges, in Arizona

Lori Vallow Daybell's previous husband was killed in Arizona months before her two youngest children were murdered in Idaho. Now, prosecutors are looking to extradite Vallow Daybell to Arizona.

The special Afghan unit would deploy with U.S. troops and speak with women and children.

They fought alongside the U.S. — now this female Afghan military platoon is in limbo

After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, members of the Female Tactical Platoon came to America under a temporary humanitarian program. Many are now in immigration limbo.

Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up

Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.

Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival. She is seen here during the sentencing hearing at the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho.

Lori Vallow Daybell is sentenced to multiple life terms for killing her children

A judge in Idaho sentenced Vallow Daybell, 50, to multiple terms of life in prison without parole, to be served consecutively, for the murder of two of her children.

Asylum-seekers from countries that include Mexico, Columbia, Albania, Ukraine, and Russia are escorted through the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana for their scheduled appointments to make their asylum claim, May 12, 2023.<br/>

As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden's US-Mexico border policies grow

Immigration advocates say an online appointment system to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico is out of reach for many migrants in a lawsuit marking the latest challenge to the Biden administration’s agenda

The Netflix Bites pop-up restaurant, a marketing campaign by the streaming service, launched at the end of June.

Netflix's pop-up eatery serves up an alternate reality as Hollywood grinds to a halt

The new restaurant runs on star power from the streaming giant's unscripted programs. Dining there feels surreal, as striking writers and actors have brought the movie and TV industry to a standstill.

The Senate side of the Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., early Monday. Experts say President-elect Joe Biden's ability to reshape the U.S. immigration system will be sharply limited if Republicans retain control of the Senate.

Senators seek to attach Afghan resettlement to annual defense bill

The bill would offer a path to permanent residency for Afghans that fled the country since the Taliban again took control.

Sirhan Sirhan is seen arriving for a parole hearing in August 2021 in San Diego. On Jan. 13, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked the parole recommendation for Sirhan, who killed Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.

California board denies parole for RFK killer Sirhan Sirhan

The parole board decided the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator.

GWAR: Tiny Desk Concert

For nearly four decades, the band has terrorized planet Earth with its raucous stage shows, raunchy metal songs and grotesque satire. GWAR finally came to destroy the Tiny Desk, once and for all.

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