Heart and Soul: Kai Höss - My grandfather the Commandant of Auschwitz
In a cinema in south-west Germany, an audience is gathered to watch an Oscar-winning film, The Zone of Interest, about the life of Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz. Those present comprise Jewish ...
The State16d
Autopsy reveals that second South Carolina death row inmate died with fluid in his lungs
An autopsy report for a South Carolina man executed with the state’s lethal injection protocol raises more questions about whether the process is an unusually cruel and painful method of execution.
NOLA.com16d
Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Louisiana to resume plans to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. next week with nitrogen gas. The New Orleans-based federal ...
USA Today18d
Judge blocks Louisiana's 1st nitrogen gas execution over possible 'pain and terror'
Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. Hoffman has shown a ...
CBS News18d
Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...
The Independent18d
Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution halted by federal judge
U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution of convicted murderer Jesse Hoffman Jr. The ...
CNN18d
Federal judge halts Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary ...
El Paso Times19d
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate David Leonard Wood
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show. The Court of Criminal Appeals — the state's highest ...
ProPublica19d
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
Update, March 19, 2025: Louisiana carried out its first nitrogen gas execution on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to overturn a federal appeals court decision allowing the execution to ...
Boston Herald19d
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Three volunteer prison employees ...
ABC15 Arizona20d
Arizona prisoner set to be executed next week passes up chance to ask for reprieve
MESA, AZ — A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has passed up a chance to ask for a reprieve from his death ...