Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, such a method echoes the Holocaust.
Chefs, artists, business owners come out against Louisiana execution using nitrogen gas
After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- business and faith leaders have complained.
Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more than a decade, and the first by nitrogen gas, but the inmate’s attorneys are trying to stop it.
Louisiana Halts Nitrogen Gas Execution After Judge Agrees With Lawyers Claiming Method Akin to Torture
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights
Judge blocks Louisiana's 1st nitrogen gas execution over possible 'pain and terror'
Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution halted by federal judge
Louisiana's first planned execution by nitrogen gas – scheduled to take place next week – has been halted by a federal judge.
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Editorial: The shameful return of executions to Louisiana
Jeff Landry has long pushed for executions as a ... and 9th District Judge Lowell Hazel quickly signed a warrant to execute murder convict Larry Roy on March 19 — only to withdraw it less ...
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Surveillance footage captures 3 family members alleged to have covered up murder, authorities say
On March 10, Governor Jeff Landry touted Amendment No. 2 that will be on the ballot for the March 29 election. One person was injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge on Monday afternoon, March 10 ...