Louisiana executes man by controversial nitrogen gas. Is it legal in Florida? See state's methods
Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...
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Live updates: Louisiana executes death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas
Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...
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 ...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders legalizes controversial nitrogen gas execution method
Sanders signed the law hours before Louisiana executed its first inmate with the nitrogen gas method. Arkansas is now the ...
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Seeking to stop execution, Jessie Hoffman's lawyers file flurry of last-minute challenges
Hoffman's attorneys filed challenges in both state and federal courts on Monday as they sought a judge willing to stop the ...
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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 ...
Louisiana executes man with nitrogen gas after 15-year pause
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...
Louisiana ends 15-year death penalty drought with nitrogen gas execution
Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution on Tuesday
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...
Louisiana prepares first execution using nitrogen gas after 15-year pause
Louisiana is set to put a condemned man to death using nitrogen gas Tuesday evening in its first execution since 2010, which ...
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The alarmingly high stakes in an easy Supreme Court voting rights case
The struggle over Louisiana’s congressional maps began in June 2022, when Chief Judge Shelly Dick, an Obama appointee to the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, determined ...
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 ...