Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.
When you think of the most dangerous criminals most of us think of men, but there are women here in Texas that have committed such horrible crimes they are now on death row. One thing is for sure, it ...
As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...
Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carr ...
FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) ...
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A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. (AP Photo/Judi ...
FROM A JUDGE ON WHETHER THE USE OF GAS TO EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. JESSE HOFFMAN IS ACCUSED OF RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO IN SAINT TAMMANY. AND THE CASE ...
A South Carolina death row inmate who is the next person scheduled to be put to death by the state is again requesting that his execution be postponed because his lawyers have not received the ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that ...