Louisiana, death row and nitrogen gas

Attorneys for Louisiana death row inmate work to halt nitrogen gas execution
Jessie Hoffman, who is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen gas on March 18, has filed a new federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana's execution protocol, claiming it may violate the Eighth Amendment.
Louisiana death row inmate files lawsuit to block March 18 execution by nitrogen gas
The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol to Hoffman, depriving him of his rights. It also alleges executing Hoffman via nitrogen gas would violate the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
Louisiana Governor to Restart Executions Using Nitrogen Gas
BATON ROUGE, LA – After a 15-year hiatus, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced his administration’s intent to resume executions using a newly-approved nitrogen gas protocol, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI).
Judge reopens challenge to Louisiana execution protocol as state prepares to use nitrogen gas
A federal judge on Friday reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana's execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks. For the past 15 years,
Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
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.
Louisiana death row inmate’s execution backed by AG Liz Murrill
Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate, is scheduled to be Louisiana's first execution since 2010 and will be put to death by nitrogen gas, despite a lawsuit filed to stay his execution.
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Bill allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...
State House Judiciary Committee approves nitrogen gas execution bill
A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was endorsed Thursday by an Arkansas House of ...
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House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill
No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.
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Family members plead for Jessie Hoffman's life as nitrogen gas execution date looms
Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...
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Arkansas House committee advances bill to allow nitrogen gas executions
The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.
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Nitrogen gas executions; Super Bowl food waste; VICE documentary explores Cajun Mardi Gras
Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Governor Landry established protocols to use nitrogen gas to carry out the death ...
Bill filed to include nitrogen gas as form of execution
House Bill 1489, filed by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage) has several sponsors in the Arkansas House of Representatives, ...
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As state lawmakers consider execution by nitrogen, a witness describes the horror
Priest Jeff Hood on North Little Rock shares an eyewitness account of the torturous nitrogen execution he witnessed in ...