Louisiana resumes executions

Louisiana resumes executions after 15-year pause, approves use of nitrogen gas method
Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.
Louisiana to move forward with nitrogen gas executions, Landry says
That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as methods for carrying out death sentences last year. At the time, a group of Jewish citizens appealed to lawmakers to reject the use of gassing, saying it evoked the gas chambers used during the Holocaust.
Gov. Landry announces executions set to resume in Louisiana using nitrogen gas
Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday, February 10, that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows
Louisiana approves nitrogen hypoxia for executions, following Alabama’s lead
Louisiana has adopted nitrogen hypoxia as a new execution method, following Alabama’s lead. Gov. Landry says it’s time for capital punishment cases to move forward after years of appeals.
Louisiana finalizes protocol for death row executions using nitrogen gas
Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.
After 15 years without executions, Louisiana ready to resume them using gas, Jeff Landry says
Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out again after nearly 15 years, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday. “For too long, Louisiana has failed to uphold the promises made to victims of our State’s most violent crimes;
Louisiana clears path to restart executions using nitrogen gas
Louisiana corrections officials have drafted and approved a new policy to allow the state to restart executing death row inmates, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday. The latest: The policy is modeled after Alabama's execution methods,
Louisiana executions will resume
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says the state is ready to execute death row inmates again. Landry says the Department of Corrections has finalized an updated execution protocol, including procedures for nitrogen
Fighting for the rights of the incarcerated has been her lifelong pursuit
In 2005, while she was a student at Yale Law School, Andrea Armstrong chose a summer internship that brought her to Louisiana ...
NOLA.com6d
A new rule slashed how much prisons can charge for phone calls. Louisiana is challenging it.
The new rates vary by facility size and type. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola—and at all other state ...
Minors in Louisiana could be sent to adult prison for a growing list of crimes
An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl ...
The Town Talk20h
Rapides judge sets March 19 execution date for man who killed two Cheneyville residents
A Rapides Parish judge on Monday signed a warrant of execution for a man sentenced to death in 1994 for killing two people in ...
NOLA.com9d
This Louisiana woman earned a degree after 27 years in prison. It ‘felt like a miracle.’
While she was serving her sentence in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, she took advantage of several ...
Rapides DA obtains death warrant for death row inmate
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell has obtained a death warrant for death row inmate Larry Roy. Governor Jeff Landry announced on Monday the Department of Public ...