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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.

In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison's website. But in 1972, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Gregg v.

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

The only woman on Louisiana Death Row, Antionette Frank, could receive execution date after 30 years of incarceration. Read ...

Today, there are 63 people on Louisiana’s death row, well below the death row populations in Alabama and Texas, but almost twice the size of Mississippi’s. The last time a new death sentence was ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakota’s four-year process to address the state’s correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men’s prison on 160 acres of ...

If you haven't seen the documentary yet, you are in luck because we have it here in its entirety thanks to the Ohio State Football 'X' account. Hit play on the below, then sit back and let time ...

Judges have set execution dates for at least two people on death row in Louisiana ... areas of the state, showing how they contrast with the glitzy spectacle in New Orleans. The documentary ...