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, ...
Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
A federal judge halted Louisiana from immediately moving forward with the state's nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate ...
Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution blocked by federal judge
A federal judge temporarily blocked Louisiana's first execution in 15 years after lawyers for the man argued nitrogen hypoxia ...
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 ...
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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 -- ...
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 ...
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Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution halted for now following federal judge's ruling
Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie ...
Advocates Cheer Judge Blocking Louisiana's First Ever Nitrogen Execution
U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the state from moving forward with Jessie Hoffman Jr.'s execution.
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Should Louisiana publicly release its nitrogen gas execution protocols? Courts weigh arguments
Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution protocol hasn't been released to the public. "It relates to the most solemn … government ...
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Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
Louisiana has appealed. Indeed, critics have argued nitrogen hypoxia causes suffering, pointing in part to witness accounts that inmates shook on gurneys during recent gas executions in Alabama ...
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Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution blocked by federal judge
JONAH. JESSE HOFFMAN’S ATTORNEY SAYS EXECUTION BY NITROGEN GAS IS INHUMANE, AND THEY WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END TO SAVE THEIR CLIENT. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT LOUISIANA HAS ATTEMPTED A ...