Thurman was extradited to Baton Rouge and was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a charge of felony criminal hazing in connection with the death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson, 20. Wilson was repeatedly punched during an off-campus hazing ritual.

Fraternity members now face charges in the hazing death of Caleb Wilson, a Louisiana student repeatedly punched in the chest while pledging.

Southern University student Caleb Wilson's death was the result of an alleged off-campus Omega Psi Phi hazing incident, Baton Rouge police said.

After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 -- currently being blocked by a federal judge -- business and faith leaders have complained.

Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that the state's plan to use nitrogen hypoxia as his method of death amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution, which would have been Louisiana’s first in 15 years. Attorney General Liz Murrill said the state will immediately appeal the decision.