Louisiana prepares first execution using nitrogen gas after 15-year pause
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, has argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability ...
Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution
On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...
District judge dissolves restraining order tied to Hoffman execution
A district court judge in Baton Rouge has dissolved, or ended, his temporary restraining order that blocked tonight’s planned ...
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 ...
Louisiana to execute convicted murderer using contested nitrogen method it bans in pet euthanasia cases
Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it ...
The Breakdown: Explaining the uproar over nitrogen hypoxia
Nitrogen hypoxia requires pumping pure nitrogen through a full-facepiece respirator until the person dies by lack of oxygen.
'Psychological Terror': Lawyers for Condemned Man Urge Justices to Stop Nitrogen Gas Execution
Louisiana is planning its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening. In a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme ...
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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 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 ...
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...
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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.