Kat Stromquist
Senior Reporter Covering Justice, Incarceration and Gun Violence, Gulf States NewsroomKat Stromquist is a senior reporter covering justice, incarceration and gun violence for the Gulf States Newsroom, a regional collaboration among NPR and public radio stations in Alabama (WBHM), Mississippi (MPB) and Louisiana (WWNO and WRKF). Her reporting looks beyond crime statistics and law enforcement narratives to focus on communities at the heart of these issues.
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Constitutional amendment proposals one, two and three all face legal challenges, even as early voting gets underway and continues through Saturday, March 22. -
Death row inmate 81-year-old Christopher Sepulvado was set to die for the 1992 beating and scalding death of his 6-year-old stepson. -
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry says the updated protocol will allow death sentences to be carried out and quote "keep its promises" to crime victims. -
In Louisiana, the state loses more than 1% of the voting-eligible population because of felony convictions.
