Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...

Louisiana officials are planning to carry out its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday after a judge denied death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's eleventh-hour arguments that it violates his ...

Jessie Hoffman remains scheduled for execution in Louisiana tonight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on a last-minute appeal. If carried out, it would be Louisiana’s first execution ...

A death row inmate slated to become the first person to be put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana is seeking ... Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution, saying nitrogen gas ...

Louisiana has unsealed its execution protocol as attorneys for death row inmate Jessie Hoffman seek to halt his March 18 execution, arguing the state’s nitrogen gas method is unconstitutional.

Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the execution method. Follow live updates throughout the day.

Louisiana could become the second state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas after Governor Landry cleared the path for the state to resume executions."I would never want to execute a person ...

Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution protocol, which was being kept secret from the public until now.

Louisiana had paused executions for 15 years due to an inability to secure lethal injection drugs, but with a nitrogen gas execution protocol finalized last month, the state has been eager to proceed.