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LA House panel votes to keep nitrogen gas as execution method despite Jewish community's opposition
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 3 days agoSen. Katrina Jackson...Democrat, said she brought the measure forward after hearing from Jewish...
Louisiana lawmakers snub Jewish community’s plea to block nitrogen gas executions
KTBS Shreveport· 3 days agopenalty options failed Tuesday, despite pleas from the Jewish community that it would revisit the...
Local prosecutor addresses committee on death penalty
WKBN 27 Youngstown· 2 days agoTrumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins took his fight to once again begin implementing Ohio’s ...
Watkins testifies for execution method in Ohio
Tribune Chronicle· 2 days agoTrumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, advocating for House Bill 392, which would permit the use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method to carry out the state
Defense attorneys ask judges to reconsider death sentence for Butler County man convicted of killing...
FOX 19 Cincinnati· 2 days agoDefense attorneys are seeking a reprieve for a Butler County man sentenced to death in the slayings...
Democrats urge DOJ to rescind Trump-era opinion on execution drugs
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA group of Democratic senators on Tuesday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind a...
Louisiana Republicans reject Jewish advocates' pleas to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method
Houston Chronicle· 3 days agoAn effort by Louisiana's Jewish community to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method was blocked by a conservative legislative committee on Tuesday. Members of the Jewish ...
Republicans reject bill to outlaw death penalty by nitrogen suffocation in Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 3 days agoA federal judge has since overturned Wessinger's death sentence. The committee voted the bill down...
Backers believe nitrogen hypoxia can jumpstart Ohio’s stalled capital punishment system
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt has been almost six years since Ohio carried out an execution, and some lawmakers believe a new ...
Iranian President’s Death Sets Off Dual Succession Battle
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNeither did “Death to America” proclivities stop Iranian officials from asking the U.S. for...