68 h. ago Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution halted by federal judge

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution of Jesse Hoffman Jr

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69 h. ago Federal judge halts Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal

A federal judge halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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1 week ago Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing ‘illegal protests’

US president also claims he will imprison ‘agitators’ a day after administration called for review at Columbia UniversityDonald Trump threatened on Tuesday to halt all federal funding for any college or school that allows “illegal protests” and vowed to imprison “agitators”.“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” the US president wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system

A federal judge in Seattle has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system

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2 w. ago Judge reopens challenge to Louisiana execution protocol as state prepares to use nitrogen gas

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks

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