A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, such a method echoes the Holocaust.

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

The man poised to become the first Louisiana death row inmate executed in 15 years scored a significant win Tuesday as he challenges the state's plan to use nitrogen hypoxia to carry out his death sentence.