Court appeal for former New Orleans police officer on death row

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New information has been released regarding the court appeal of Louisiana death row inmate Antoinette Frank.

Frank is the former NOPD officer who’s been on death row for 30 years for murdering three people, including her police partner, in 1995.

Frank and a co-defendant, Rogers Lacaze, robbed a Vietnamese restaurant in New Orleans East where her partner was working an off duty detail. Two employees were also killed.

On Thursday, State Attorney General Liz Murrill lost an attempt to assist in pushing the execution forward.

“I think it’s just, you know, a terrible injustice to the victims and their families who have been waiting to see the state carry out its promise. If we are going to have a death penalty, then we should be able to carry it out. We have promised that to them, and we need to keep our promise,” said Murrill.

Murrill had asked Judge Kimya Holmes to be allowed to be part of the prosecution against Frank’s post conviction appeals. Holmes denied the request.

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