Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution His lawyers say nitrogen gas protocol is shrouded in secrecy Louisiana attorney general has vowed to carry out the execution A death row ...
A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary ...
The first person to be executed in America by way of nitrogen gas was Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, just over a year ago. Witnesses said Smith writhed and seized for several torturous minutes ...