capital punishment

A Louisiana judge this week set aside the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence of Jimmie Chris Duncan, whose 1998 conviction for killing his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter was based in part on bite mark evidence that experts now say is junk science.

People still say, "That’s not the Jessie I knew." But most didn’t know what he endured at home – and that’s likely what drove him on that day, psychiatrists say.

The state plans to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday when it’s scheduled to put Jessie Hoffman to death.

Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch for their execution protocols.

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week.

Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.

Faith activism against the state's plan to resume executions adds to a history of religious engagement with social questions in the South.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about a proposed bill that would expand execution methods in Louisiana. Plus Charlotte Claiborne, executive director of the Bridge Center in Baton Rouge, joins us to discuss the mental health organization’s recent 3rd anniversary. Later, the State Library of Louisiana is celebrating Black History Month with a virtual presentation featuring Mona Lisa Saloy, the state’s former poet laureate.

Lawmakers have renewed an effort to eliminate the death penalty in Louisiana. A Senate committee passed a bill Tuesday that would leave the decision up to…