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Louisiana to execute convicted murderer using contested nitrogen method it bans in pet euthanasia cases
Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it ...
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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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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 ...
Baton Rouge judge halts execution of Jessie Hoffman
A baton rouge judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday ahead of a hearing set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
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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 ...
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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This Week in Louisiana Politics: Gulf of America, March 29 election and execution trial
Jessie Hoffman, who was scheduled for execution by nitrogen gas, has been granted a stay by a federal judge in the state's ...