45 h. ago Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas as execution method

Jessie Hoffman Jr, who would become first person state killed this way, says his religious rights would be violatedA man scheduled to become the first person executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana is challenging the method in court, arguing it violates his religious beliefs.A federal judge will decide whether executing Jessie Hoffman Jr by nitrogen hypoxia violates his constitutional right to practice his religion, which includes Buddhist breathing and meditation exercises that would be impeded by the gas during the capital punishment. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Chilling last words of death row inmate first to be executed by firing squad in 15 years

Double murderer Brad Sigmon, 67, became the first US death row inmate in 15 years to be executed by firing squad when he was shot by three prison guards - his final words have now been revealed

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49 h. ago Death row inmate's chilling message and kind gesture before death by firing squad

Brad Sigmon bludgeoned his then-girlfriend's parents to death with a baseball bat in a crazed act of violence 23 years ago, although is believed to have converted to Christianity in more recent years

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54 h. ago Final words of first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at 6.05pm on Friday at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.

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57 h. ago Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method

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62 h. ago Death row inmate is executed by firing squad after choosing how he would die

Brad Sigmon, of South Carolina, was terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" and so was given special permission to pick the manner of his execution

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64 h. ago South Carolina death row inmate executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years

Brad Sigmon, 67, had a target placed in front of his heart and three employee volunteers shot him

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3 d. ago Who is Brad Sigmon? The South Carolina death row inmate set for first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the electric chair would ‘burn and cook him alive’

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3 d. ago Desperate final plea of death row inmate Brad Sigmon before he's shot dead in firing squad TONIGHT

Brad Sigmon, 67, is scheduled to die the evening of March 7 for the brutal baseball bat beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents David and Gladys Larke in 2001.

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3 d. ago Charges of hazing and manslaughter being considered following death of Southern University student

Louisiana authorities investigating the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student say they expect multiple people to face charges in relation to the case

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5 d. ago South Carolina is set for the first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the electric chair would ‘burn and cook him alive’

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7 d. ago Who is Brad Sigmon? The South Carolina murderer set for first U.S. firing squad execution in 15 years

Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the electric chair would ‘burn and cook him alive’

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9 d. ago Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case

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1 week ago Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month

‘This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney told The Independent

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1 week ago He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction

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1 week ago Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years

“Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for her son’s murder, told The Independent. “I’m not ready to comment yet.”

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2 w. ago Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date

A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson has died

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2 w. ago Kim Kardashian sued by man she misidentified on Instagram as death row inmate

The man’s attorney told The Independent that his client is still “in treatment” and “working through it.”

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2 w. ago Kim Kardashian sued by innocent man she wrongly labeled a death row inmate

The 44-year-old reality star shared a picture to her social media last February of a man identified as Ivan Cantu a project manager from Westchester - but identified him as a death row inmate.

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