Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...

A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next ...

Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for ...

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

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving ...

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next ...

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...

A victory for opponents of Louisiana’s decision to execute a man using nitrogen hypoxia as a federal judge grants their ...

U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick is letting Hoffman proceed with his claim that asphyxiating him with nitrogen gas is less humane than other methods the state of Louisiana can use. He has ...

The legal battle over the execution method comes ahead of a Friday hearing before U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, where both sides will argue whether Hoffman’s execution should proceed as ...