death row, Louisiana

Louisiana death row inmate seeks more ‘humane’ method of execution
A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more “humane” method.
Louisiana death row inmate pleads for 'humane' execution and not 'brutal' new method
Louisiana inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr is scheduled to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia on March 18 but his lawyers are seeking a more 'human method' for the convicted killer
Only woman on Death Row in Louisiana may receive execution date soon. Who is Antionette Frank?
The only woman on Louisiana Death Row, Antionette Frank, could receive execution date after 30 years of incarceration. Read more about Frank here.
The only woman on death row in Louisiana could have execution date set
An execution date could soon be scheduled for a former New Orleans Police officer and the only woman on death row in Louisiana. Antoinette Frank, a former New Orleans police officer convicted of a 1995 triple murder,
Jessie Hoffman, set to be executed in March, challenges Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman said he has leaned on what he's learned through Buddhism to help him improve his life, including when he was recently served with a death warrant. "I was served a death warrant and immediately afterwards,
Louisiana death row inmate seeks to halt execution as state unseals nitrogen gas protocol
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
A death row inmate slated to become the first person to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana is seeking to halt the execution, citing constitutional concerns over the controversial killing method.
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Federal appeals court halts reopening of long-running Louisiana death penalty case
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill asked a federal appeals court to halt a district judge's decision to reopen a case ...
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Louisiana death row inmate dies of illness weeks before scheduled execution
CHRIS ON LOUISIANA’S DEATH ROW. MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO ... SEVERAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS LAST WEEK. THE STRESS OF AN ...
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81-year-old death row inmate dies weeks before his scheduled execution
An 81-year-old Louisiana death row inmate died Saturday ... He was hospitalized last week in New Orleans, they said, and returned Friday to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
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Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — 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.
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A South Carolina prisoner is the first executed by a firing squad in 15 years
A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the ...
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history
Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way ...
US inmate set to die by firing squad, which states allow this?
A South Carolina death row inmate is set to be executed on Friday, March 7. Instead of the more traditional lethal injection, the inmate—Brad Sigmon, 67—has chosen to die by firing squad, a method ...
Macabre state of U.S. capital punishment leads death row prisoner to 'choose' firing squad
South Carolina’s execution law says prisoners will be killed by electrocution unless they choose the firing squad or lethal injection.