a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state's executions are carried out. Some passed out prayer cards with photos of ...

Public support for the death penalty is declining, and several states with capital ... state’s plan to execute him using nitrogen gas violates the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and ...

a small group of execution opponents held a vigil outside the rural southeast Louisiana prison at Angola, where the state’s executions are carried out. Some passed out prayer cards with photos ...

The only available execution methods for carrying out capital punishment in Louisiana law are nitrogen hypoxia, lethal injection and electrocution. Attorneys for the state argued that nitrogen ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen ... against his religion and is cruel and unusual — stating the gassing would cause ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen ... against his religion and is cruel and unusual — stating the gassing would cause ...

Hours before a Louisiana ... state with a protocol for the method. Hoffman’s lawyers say the method is unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual ...

It was the state’s first execution ... via Associated Press The push in Louisiana reflects a broader determination among many Republican officials to apply capital punishment.