A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

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Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death ...

A Rapides Parish man could be the first person Louisiana puts to death in 15 years after the district attorney there obtained ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.

That flurry of planning and excitement ended in disappointment, though, after Sheng learned that the state of Louisiana had agreed to purchase the salt to use in other parts of the state.

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