Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...

A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.

JONAH. JESSE HOFFMAN’S ATTORNEY SAYS EXECUTION BY NITROGEN GAS IS INHUMANE, AND THEY WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END TO SAVE THEIR CLIENT. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT LOUISIANA HAS ATTEMPTED A ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

One official characterized Hoffman’s execution as “flawless ... respirator mask and forced to breathe nitrogen gas until his heart stops. Louisiana state courts The decision followed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...