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.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out ...

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

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

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Staff at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... medical monitors will be attached to the inmate to evaluate the relevant vital signs," the summary says. "The inmate will be offered ...

(KALB) - Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell has obtained a death warrant for death row inmate Larry ... to the Department of Corrections' new protocol. Michael McClanahan is the ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...