Death penalty protestors gather outside of Governor’s Mansion
Advocates against the death penalty from across the state and country showed up in front of the Governor’s Mansion this ...
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Attorneys, advocates make last-minute bid to stop Louisiana’s execution of Jessie Hoffman
Hoffman’s execution is set for Tuesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s decision to ...
La. Supreme Court upholds denial of inmate’s request to cancel execution
The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a trial court’s decision to deny death row inmate Jessie D. Hoffman’s request to cancel his scheduled execution Tuesday (March 18). Hoffman’s lawyers argued that ...
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Family, faith leaders gather at Governor's mansion in hope Landry will end execution order
Dozens of people gathered on the lawn across from the Governor's Mansion on Sunday afternoon to oppose the nitrogen-gas ...
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Religion is baked into Louisiana's death penalty practices, but executions divide faith leaders
Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...
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Sudden-death shootout sends La Selecta to the Seychelles
El Salvador sealed a return to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by outlasting USA in a sudden-death penalty shootout in the Concacaf semi-finals.
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Appeals court gives go-ahead for Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany ...
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From New Orleans parking worker to death row: See timeline of Jessie Hoffman's murder case
Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the ...
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Alabama exports nitrogen-gassing abomination to Louisiana | STEPHEN COOPER
Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 ...
Court overturns injunction in case of death row inmate
The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...