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.

A federal judge in the Middle District Court of Louisiana granted a motion to expedite consideration and reopening of the case.

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

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

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

Authorities said the deadly fentanyl overdose of Beverly Hills man led them to Mirela Todorova, 36, the alleged leader of a ...

Marion Bowman Jr also died by lethal injection. He was sentenced to death after he was convicted of shooting and killing a friend. Police found the victim's body in a burned out car in 2001. Following ...

Sporting an angry bloodshot eye and deep scratches and bruises on his head, this is the extraordinary custody photo of a killer who followed his victim home after an argument at a pub. Kevin ...

Linda Lavin’s cause of death has been revealed. The “Alice” actress passed away Dec. 29 after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer listed as the underlying cause, according to ...

Only three inmates remain on federal death row and all have appeals that must be resolved before their executions can be carried out. Just hours after returning to the White House last Monday ...

But for Cooper’s action, 2024 would have been the first year since 2016 in which no state granted clemency to any inmate on death row. In place after place, clemency boards and governors turned ...

On May 24, 2002, Bowman, of Branchville, was convicted of murder and third-degree arson in the death of Kandee Martin. According to court documents, Bowman fatally shot Martin in Dorchester County ...