Louisiana conducts first nitrogen gas execution after 15-year pause, sparking debate
Louisiana puts man to death in state's first nitrogen gas executionLouisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday ...
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5th Circuit Court gives go-ahead for Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court Friday overturned a district judge’s order that had blocked Louisiana’s first planned execution using nitrogen gas, allowing the state to carry out the death ...
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Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Louisiana to resume plans to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. next week with nitrogen gas. The New Orleans-based federal ...
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Gov. Landry defends nitrogen execution as a crime deterrent, but a judge blocks the state’s first use of this method
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, Louisiana (WDSU) — Louisiana’s first-ever use of nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method remains on hold, but Gov. Jeff Landry says the decision to pursue it is about more ...
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Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...
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Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
Today, Lewis is a member of the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, a New Orleans-area group decrying the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say ...