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Louisiana death row inmate challenges gruelling execution method as he’s set to become state's first person to die by it
Louisiana inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. has argued the state's execution protocol is undisclosed and violates his constitutional ...
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 ...
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
The country’s first execution using nitrogen gas was carried out last year in Alabama, which has now been used to execute four people in the state. If Hoffman’s execution doesn’t get halted, Louisiana ...
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years - Brad Sigmon, 67, had a target placed in ...
Death row inmate is executed by firing squad after choosing how he would die
Brad Sigmon, of South Carolina, was terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" and so was given ...
Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate
The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the ...
South Carolina man executed by firing squad, first in U.S. in 15 years
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.
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Sidebar: Post-conviction purgatory
Since 1973, 4% of death row inmates are now exonerees, but that doesn’t tell you anything about how many people with ...
Cause of death released for missing mother from Greenville
Ta-Haley Payton, 22, was last seen on Nov. 20, in the 700 block of Charlottetown Avenue, in Charlotte, according to police.