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FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a critical case regarding Louisiana's redrawn congressional districts on ...

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Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked what was to be Louisiana's first execution by nitrogen gas, ruling that the largely untested method could cause the ...

US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that temporarily blocked a Louisiana inmate’s execution by nitrogen gas, ruling that the largely untested method could ...

Joshua Rhett Miller is a Newsweek chief investigative reporter based in New York. His areas of focus include U.S. politics, immigration and society, as well as crime, education and technology.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — 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 ...