Death Row, Louisiana and execution protocol

Should Louisiana publicly release its nitrogen gas execution protocols? Courts weigh arguments
A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution protocol is a public record as the federal courts weigh a case that could determine whether the state
Death Row Inmate Seeks To Block First Nitrogen Gas Execution In Louisiana With Lawsuit
Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them for euthanizing animals.
Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more than a decade and the first by nitrogen gas, but the inmate’s attorneys are trying to stop it.
Louisiana Governor to Restart Executions Using Nitrogen Gas
BATON ROUGE, LA – After a 15-year hiatus, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced his administration’s intent to resume executions using a newly-approved nitrogen gas protocol, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI).
Louisiana death row inmate files lawsuit to block March 18 execution by nitrogen gas
The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol to Hoffman, depriving him of his rights. It also alleges executing Hoffman via nitrogen gas would violate the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
Federal lawsuit aims to stop Louisiana from using lethal gas in executions
Police added there were “no obvious signs of gas leak,” discrediting a theory that has spread online. According to Tatum O’Neal, her actor father thought the role of a child prostitute was "a little too naked" for the Oscar-winning child star.
Louisiana death row inmate’s execution backed by AG Liz Murrill
Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate, is scheduled to be Louisiana's first execution since 2010 and will be put to death by nitrogen gas, despite a lawsuit filed to stay his execution.
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Arkansas Lawmakers Consider Nitrogen Suffocation Execution Method
House Bill 1489 would expand Arkansas' execution alternatives to lethal injection which, as of now, includes the electric ...
Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods
South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn't been used in ...
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Family members plead for Jessie Hoffman's life as nitrogen gas execution date looms
Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...
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House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill
No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.
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Bill allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...
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Execution witness challenges Arkansas bill allowing nitrogen hypoxia method
The execution happens when the nitrogen gas kills by essentially strangling a person by taking away their oxygen. In ...
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As state lawmakers consider execution by nitrogen, a witness describes the horror
Priest Jeff Hood on North Little Rock shares an eyewitness account of the torturous nitrogen execution he witnessed in ...
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Inside three brutal execution methods as death row killer set to be shot dead by firing squad
Brad Sigmon is set to be killed by a firing squad in South Carolina following his conviction 24 years ago for brutally ...