Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent

Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case

In Tuesday's Hoffman v. Westcott, the Court denied a stay of execution; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have granted a stay, but didn't write an opinion; and Justice Gorsuch dissented, for himself: The State of Louisiana plans to execute Jessie Hoffman tonight. Mr. Hoffman is a Buddhist. And he argues that the State's chosen method of execution—nitrogen hypoxia—violates his rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized P…

Neil Gorsuch breaks with Supreme Court in rare opinion

Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with the Supreme Court majority on a decision for a stay of execution for the first time this term.

Why Neil Gorsuch dissented from an execution stay denial at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night split 5-4 in denying an execution stay to a Louisiana death row prisoner. One of the dissenters, Justice Neil Gorsuch, isn’t known for siding with death row prisoners.

Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution set for tonight as judge rejects inmate's last-minute plea

The decision by a state court judge in Baton Rouge paved the way for Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution to move forward Tuesday evening.

Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court on Tuesday in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution by nitrogen gas in 15 years.

Supreme Court declines to halt execution over religious claims as Gorsuch joins liberals in dissent

A sharply divided Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt the execution of a death row inmate in Louisiana who argued that the use of nitrogen gas would interfere with his Buddhist beliefs – an argument that drew interest from one of the court’s conservatives.