A federal judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked the usage of nitrogen gas in executions ... inmates. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a 29-page preliminary injunction Tuesday to ...

(AP) — On the day that Louisiana's first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being ...

Hours earlier at a hearing Tuesday, a 19th Judicial District Court Judge Richard “Chip” Moore also declined to stop the execution ... Each inmate put to death using nitrogen in Alabama ...

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled ... that it is in the public's interest to halt the execution until the matter can ...

Louisiana's first execution ... injunction to stop Hoffman from being executed with nitrogen gas, ruling that the method could cause "pain and terror" in condemned inmates. However, the U.S ...

(AP) — Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday, his attorneys are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state's first execution by nitrogen gas.