Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders legalizes controversial nitrogen gas execution method
Sanders signed the law hours before Louisiana executed its first inmate with the nitrogen gas method. Arkansas is now the ...
Ottumwa Courier1d
Louisiana man seeks last-minute court ruling to halt planned nitrogen gas execution
Attorneys for a Louisiana man are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.
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Louisiana Halts Nitrogen Gas Execution After Judge Agrees with Lawyers Claiming Method Akin to Torture
At a daylong hearing last week, his lawyers argued that using a mask to administer nitrogen gas would be cruel and unusual punishment and affect his ability to practice his religion — namely ...
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Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution His lawyers say nitrogen gas protocol is shrouded in secrecy Louisiana attorney general has vowed to carry out the execution A death row ...
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Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...
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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 ...