Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. — An air conditioning expert appointed by a federal judge has testified that a portable air conditioner consisting of an ice chest, fan and duct has a high potential for success in helping to drop the extreme heat indexes on Louisiana’s death row that threaten three ailing condemned killers.
The Advocate reports Shane Hernandez, a professional engineer and A/C expert in Lafayette, told Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson Monday the low-tech units placed outside the inmates’ cells work.
Jackson ordered state corrections officials in December 2013 to prevent heat indexes — a measure of temperature and humidity — on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola from topping 88 degrees.
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