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Louisiana Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution, Court Rules
Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a full-face respirator mask. The protocol is nearly identical to that of Alabama, which became the first state to use nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution last year.
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 next week after a federal appeals court on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction granted by a lower judge. With a March 18 date hastily nearing,
Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules
"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on an indisputably more painful method of execution as its proposed alternative,
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 Louisiana State Penitentiary.
A Federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal
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 a preliminary injunction on Tuesday,
Chefs, artists, business owners come out against Louisiana execution using nitrogen gas
After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- business and faith leaders have complained.
Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.
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's first nitrogen gas execution halted for now following federal judge's ruling
Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that the state's plan to use nitrogen hypoxia as his method of death amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
Judge Blocks Louisiana's First Nitrogen Gas Execution: 'Pain and Terror'
Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for condemned inmates told Newsweek.
Louisiana is locked in a legal battle over its planned execution of a death row inmate
Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and puts one religious group in particular on edge.
Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...
Louisiana Halts Nitrogen Gas Execution After Judge Agrees with Lawyers Claiming Method Akin to Torture
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...
Nitrogen gas executions bill clears Arkansas legislature, heads to governor’s desk
Executions using nitrogen gas will soon be legal in Arkansas if the governor signs the legislation into law. House Bill 1489 ...
Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
Austin, Texas — A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of ...