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A legislative attempt to pull nitrogen hypoxia from Louisiana’s death penalty options failed Tuesday, despite pleas from the Jewish community that it would revisit the trauma their ancestors experienced during

House Governmental Affairs voted against a bill to remove gassing as a form of execution in Louisiana. Jacquelyn Stern with Jews Against Gassing says it was as if the committee ignored their testimony altogether.

In the House Criminal Justice Committee members failed to pass a bill to remove gassing as a form of execution...

“I cannot remain silent against a method of execution that so deeply offends our people and displays such blatant disrespect for our collective trauma," a Metairie rabbi said.

Members of the Jewish community were stunned after House Governmental Affairs voted against a bill to remove g...

A state panel considering whether judges should get more discretion in sentencing appears likely to face pushback.

A state panel considering whether judges should get more discretion in sentencing appears likely to face pushback.

The task force plans to solicit testimony from the public for its next meeting, which has yet to be set.

There are many people unhappy after nearly every inmate on Death Row at Angola asked Governor John Bel Edwards to spare their lives.

Attorney General Jeff Landry, a leading Republican candidate in the Louisiana governors race, says his office will fight a historic batch of clemency requests filed Tuesday on behalf of most