Appeals Court Says Louisiana Can Carry Out the State’s First Nitrogen Gas Execution Next Week BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. Hoffman has shown a ...

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 ...

(AP) — 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 a preliminary ...

A Federal Judge Has Halted Louisiana’s First Nitrogen Gas Execution. the State Says It Will Appeal BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution ...

A federal judge in Baton Rouge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop Louisiana from moving forward with its first nitrogen gas execution on March 18, though the state immediately moved to ...

(NewsNation) — 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 ...

Additionally, Hoffman, who practices Buddhism, claims that execution by nitrogen gas would prevent him from using meditative breathing techniques, violating his religious rights. The state argues ...

Attorneys for the state and for death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. agreed Thursday to unseal a redacted version of Louisiana's new protocol for using nitrogen gas in executions, shedding public ...