Louisiana Halts Nitrogen Gas Execution After Judge Agrees with Lawyers Claiming Method Akin to Torture
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...
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Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
Many of their loved ones, she said, were killed using gas. Today, Lewis is a member of the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, a New Orleans-area group decrying the state’s efforts to use nitrogen ...
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Chefs, artists, business owners come out against Louisiana execution using nitrogen gas
It references Landry's push to restart executions after 15 years, as well as the state's planned use of nitrogen gas, the new method the Legislature and Landry authorized last year. Hoffman is ...
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Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution blocked by federal judge
JONAH. JESSE HOFFMAN’S ATTORNEY SAYS EXECUTION BY NITROGEN GAS IS INHUMANE, AND THEY WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END TO SAVE THEIR CLIENT. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT LOUISIANA HAS ATTEMPTED A ...
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A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal
Firefighters responded to the fire just after 1:30 p.m. March 15 in the intersection of Ripley Avenue and West Mulberry Avenue. Read full article: 2-alarm fire engulfs home north of downtown, SAFD ...
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Chef, artists, business owners come out against Louisiana execution using nitrogen gas
It references Landry's push to restart executions after 15 years, as well as the state's planned use of nitrogen gas, the new method the Legislature and Landry authorized last year. Hoffman is ...