Due to the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that overturned child murderer Brian Horn’s death sentence, he was in court on January 11, 2024 and received the same sentence, once again. The courtroom was filled with 12-yearold murder victim Justin Bloxom’s family and friends who remained silent, but relieved, upon hearing Judge Amy Burford McCartney’s formal sentencing of Horn.
Horn, who was clad in orange and shackled at his waist and ankles, was quickly removed from the courtroom with DeSoto Parish deputies and state prison guards surrounding him. As McCartney told Horn to stand as she read the sentencing document, guards and deputies had already taken positions in the courtroom.
While Horn left the DeSoto Parish Courthouse en route back to a death row cell at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, his execution date will not be set until his appeals process is exhausted.