A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had ...

A federal judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked the usage of nitrogen gas in executions ... inmates. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a 29-page preliminary injunction Tuesday to ...

After court battles earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily halted Hoffman's execution by nitrogen gas last week, issuing a preliminary injunction to stop ... the inmate's heart rate ...

Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in a briefing after the execution. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's not in a rush to resume executions after signing legislation allowing the use of nitrogen gas to put inmates to death ...

(AP) — On the day that Louisiana's first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being ...

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled ... that it is in the public's interest to halt the execution until the matter can ...

Louisiana officials are planning to carry out its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday after a judge denied death row inmate Jessie ... denied their request to stop the execution.