death row, Louisiana

Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.
Louisiana death row inmate pleads for 'humane' execution and not 'brutal' new method
Louisiana inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr is scheduled to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia on March 18 but his lawyers are seeking a more 'human method' for the convicted killer
Louisiana death row inmate challenges gruelling execution method as he’s set to become state's first person to die by it
Louisiana inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. has argued the state's execution protocol is undisclosed and violates his constitutional rights
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution His lawyers say nitrogen gas protocol is shrouded in secrecy Louisiana attorney general has vowed to carry out the execution A death row inmate slated to become the first person to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana is seeking to halt the execution,
Louisiana death row inmate seeks to halt execution as state unseals nitrogen gas protocol
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that the secrecy surrounding the state’s use of nitrogen hypoxia violates his constitutional rights.
Louisiana's execution protocol unsealed. New detailed plans to use nitrogen gas released.
Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution protocol, which was being kept secret from the public until now.
Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
Louisiana is scheduled to execute a man with nitrogen gas on March 18. Arkansas lawmakers are seeking to introduce nitrogen there after an eight-year pause in executions.
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Jessie Hoffman, set to be executed in March, challenges Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman said he has leaned on what he's learned through Buddhism to help him improve his life, ...
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He died before Louisiana could execute him, and he might not be the last
Sepulvado, the state’s oldest death row prisoner, died late Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola from what the Louisiana Department of Corrections described as “natural ...
Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month
This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney ...
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Louisiana Prisoner Moved To Oklahoma To Await Capital Punishment; You Can Thank Trump
A man who was serving in federal prison in Louisiana is now in Oklahoma to await execution later this year, but only because ...
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Is there a way to execute Louisiana inmate without violating constitutional rights? Judge will decide
BATON ROUGE, La. - A federal judge hearing a challenge to Louisiana's death row protocols was in a quandary Friday: How can ...
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Redemption and the Ultimate Punishment
"I remember feeling a flush of anger that the State of Louisiana was giving Bordelon what he wanted, relief from his guilt," ...
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South Carolina executes inmate by firing squad
It will be the first time in 15 years a firing squad has been used in the United States, and the first for South Carolina.