Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...
A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...
Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.
A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas ...
Advocates against the death penalty from across the state and country showed up in front of the Governor’s Mansion this ...
"The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...
Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is one step closer to his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday.
A Texas appeals court has blocked the execution of David Wood just two days before he was set to be put to death by lethal ...
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 ...
Louisiana officials had planned to use nitrogen ... state law and provide justice to the victims of the state’s death row inmates. Louisiana “has failed to uphold the promises made to victims ...