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Federal appeals court halts reopening of long-running Louisiana death penalty case
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill asked a federal appeals court to halt a district judge's decision to reopen a case ...
Louisiana federal appeals court pauses order reopening death penalty case
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has paused a judge's decision to reopen the execution protocol challenge for death row ...
Louisiana Is Restarting Executions for the First Time in 15 Years. Will Other States Follow?
Today, there are 63 people on Louisiana’s death row, well below the death row populations in Alabama and Texas, but almost twice the size of Mississippi’s. The last time a new death sentence was ...
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.
Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate in closely watched case
The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and ...
A Troubling Development for the Death Penalty in the U.S.
Landry’s decision is significant in part because until recently, Louisiana was part of a group I call the death penalty ...