Group uses Holocaust Remembrance Day to push Louisiana bill removing nitrogen gas executions
A group called Jews Against Gassing went to the state Capitol on Holocaust Remembrance Day to try to put a stop to gas executions before they even begin.
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A group called Jews Against Gassing went to the state Capitol on Holocaust Remembrance Day to try to put a stop to gas executions before they even begin.
Louisiana death row prisoners could soon be executed with nitrogen gas and the electric chair under legislation given final approval by state lawmakers Thursday — part of a push by
Louisiana death row prisoners could soon be executed with nitrogen gas and the electric chair under legislation given final approval by state lawmakers Thursday — part of a push by
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