Available evidence indicates that death by nitrogen gas is inhumane, a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the state from moving forward with Jessie ...

A federal judge has blocked Louisiana from using nitrogen gas for an execution planned next week. A federal judge has blocked ...

Slate's oldest son Will stood by him and held his Bible while Morgan County District Judge Shelly Waters read his oath, helping to keep a family tradition going. "He's my first cousin," Waters said.

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Sepulvado’s motion for reconsideration was denied in November 2022, but U.S. District Judge Shelley Dick, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, agreed Friday to reopen the case.

issued an administrative stay of U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick’s ruling from last week. Dick ruled Friday in favor of attorneys for death row inmates who are seeking to fend off the first ...

“This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution protocol,” wrote U.S. Judge Shelly Dick. “It is still about Louisiana’s execution protocol. And now that the protocol appears ...

U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick dismissed the lawsuit in 2022 because the state had no executions planned. On Friday, she agreed that the new nitrogen gas protocol deserved scrutiny with ...

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SHELLEY D DICK AGREED TO REOPEN A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED IN 2012 THAT CHALLENGED THE STATE’S EXECUTION METHODS. THE DECISION CAME IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM ATTORNEYS WHO ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday 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.