Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...

BATON ROUGE, LA - A motion was filed earlier this month challenging the state of Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas for the ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany ...

When a conservative columnist says execution by the administration of pure nitrogen gas is a “cruel and unusual punishment,” ...

Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the ...

Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 ...

The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is one step closer to his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

Louisiana religious leaders gathered outside the State Capitol to protest the return of the death penalty in our state.

"The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...