Texas, Louisiana both halted imminent executions on Tuesday. What's going on?
Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...
Tennessean11d
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Dion Myers, a first in her tenure
The Alabama Supreme Court had cleared the way for Myers to be executed, but he will now serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. This marks the first commutation of a ...
Judge blocks Louisiana's 1st nitrogen gas execution over possible 'pain and terror'
Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...
Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
A federal judge halted Louisiana from immediately moving forward with the state's nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate ...
NOLA.com8d
Louisiana's execution protocol unsealed. New detailed plans to use nitrogen gas released.
Both the execution chamber and the witness room will have oxygen monitors set up in them. The protocol closely mirrors that ...
The Advocate2d
Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution halted for now following federal judge's ruling
Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie ...