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Death penalty case revived in federal courts, raising questions about Louisiana execution methods
The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...
Judge reopens challenge to Louisiana execution protocol as state prepares to use nitrogen gas
A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the ...
Lawsuit opposing state executions re-opened by federal judge
NEW ORLEANS — A dormant federal lawsuit blocking executions in Louisiana was reopened Friday in light of two executions being ...
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...
In first for state, South Carolina death row inmate elects to die by firing squad
In 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that firing squad was a constitutional method of carrying out executions.
Condemned South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad
Brad Sigmon chose bullets over lethal injection or the electric chair, "which would burn and cook him alive," his attorney ...
South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution method that hasn’t been used in 15 years
Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die ...
South Carolina inmate has chosen to die by firing squad. If carried out next month, it will be the first in the state.
A death row inmate in South Carolina has chosen to die by firing squad. The convicted killer is scheduled to be executed on ...
SC death row inmate chooses firing squad as method of execution
The next inmate set to be put to death will be the first to die by firing squad in South Carolina. Brad Sigmon is set to be ...
Man indicted for second-degree murder in 2022 death of grandmother at graduation
NEW ORLEANS — A day after charges were dropped against Laverne Duplessis for the 2022 Morris Jeff High School graduation ...
New charges in 2022 murder of Augustine Greenwood at Morris Jeff graduation
A day after the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office dropped all charges against one of the defendants in May 2022 deadly shooting, they have added new charges for the other.