District judge halts Tuesday’s execution at Angola pending hearing
A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...
Idaho Capital Sun3h
Idaho House unanimously passes child sex abuse death penalty bill
Idaho law only allows the death penalty in aggravated first-degree murder. But Rep. Bruce Skaug's bill would allow it for ...
NOLA.com3h
Louisiana to execute first death row prisoner in 15 years
Louisiana is preparing to execute death row prisoner Jessie Hoffman on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen gas for the first time ...
WRKF5h
The doctor defending Louisiana’s controversial execution method
Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch ...
The Lens5h
Firing up the chamber of death
"Why do we kill people who may have killed people to show that killing people is wrong?" human-rights lawyer Clive Stafford ...
Shreveport Times6h
As Louisiana is set to resume executions, these 56 people are on death row
Louisiana plans to execute Jessie Hoffman Tuesday, it's first in 15 years. There are 56 other inmates on death row in the state. Here's where they're from.
NewsNation7h
Louisiana’s first nitrogen execution to be carried out Tuesday
Jessie Hoffman’s execution was cleared by a federal appeals court that vacated a preliminary injunction by a lower court.
Is nitrogen execution too 'gruesome' and 'cruel?' Louisiana is about to find out
A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing ...
The Hayride10h
Louisiana Is Back In The Execution Business, And The Left Can’t Stand It
A couple of weeks back, the #1 movie on Netflix was Trial By Fire, a 2018 flick directed by Edward Zwick and starring Laura ...
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Attorneys, advocates make last-minute bid to stop Louisiana’s execution of Jessie Hoffman
Hoffman’s execution is set for Tuesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s decision to ...
Jessie Hoffman asks Supreme Court to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that nitrogen gas violates his ...
Death penalty protestors rally in support of Jessie Hoffman
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday. Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted of the ...