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 ...

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 ...

But public opinion in the state, though divided, tips toward an acceptance of capital ... during Louisiana’s most recent execution in 2010, but the circumstances were unusual: Gerald Bordelon ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Duncan’s case fits with a long tradition of wrongful convictions in Louisiana.

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 ...

Just hours before the execution, a Louisiana judge heard last-minute arguments from Hoffman's attorneys focusing on a state law that ... against cruel and unusual punishment.

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.