Judge reopens challenge to Louisiana execution protocol as state prepares to use nitrogen gas
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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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
Louisiana resumes executions after 15-year pause, approves use of nitrogen gas method
Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out ...
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After 15 years without executions, Louisiana ready to resume them using gas, Jeff Landry says
Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out ...
Fighting for the rights of the incarcerated has been her lifelong pursuit
In 2005, while she was a student at Yale Law School, Andrea Armstrong chose a summer internship that brought her to Louisiana ...
Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause
Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...
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Death penalty case revived in federal courts, raising questions about Louisiana execution methods
The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...