U-S District Judge Shelly Dick has halted the March 18th execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman. Hoffman was set to be the state’s first nitrogen gas execution. But Dick says the courts need more time to answer the question whether the nitrogen hypoxia method is cruel and unusual punishment and violates the Eighth Amendment of the U-S Constitution. The state is appealing. Loyola University Law Professor Dane Ciolino says if Hoffman is executed, it will not happen for a while…
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In her ruling, Judge Dick said a firing squad would be a quicker and more humane method. Hoffman is on death row for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Molly Elliot who was walking to her car in New Orleans when Hoffman attacked her. Hoffman left Elliott’s body in the Middle Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish.
Many people fly Southwest Airlines because you can check two bags for free but that policy is changing on May 28th…..
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A national survey finds small businesses are less optimistic than they were a month ago. Leah Long is the state director of the National Federation of Independent Business…
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Inflation and labor quality remain the two biggest problems for small businesses.