Louisiana prepares first execution using nitrogen gas after 15-year pause
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, has argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability ...
Supreme Court declines to halt execution over religious claims as Gorsuch joins liberals in dissent
A sharply divided Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt the execution of a death row inmate in Louisiana who argued that the ...
Louisiana Plans to Resume Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution
Jessie Hoffman was scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It would be the ...
Judge lifts restraining order, Louisiana execution set to proceed
Jessie Hoffman is set to die by nitrogen hypoxia Tuesday night, despite legal challenges arguing the method is cruel and ...
Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is ...
Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday ...
Supreme Court Allows Louisiana To Carry Out Nitrogen Gas Execution
In a failed last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers for condemned inmate Jessie Hoffman had argued that ...
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Seeking to stop execution, Jessie Hoffman's lawyers file flurry of last-minute challenges
Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is set to be executed at Angola on Tuesday night. A Baton Rouge judge will hear ...