Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany ...

The most recent U.S. execution took place last Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, ...

Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...

Executions using nitrogen gas will soon be legal in Arkansas if the governor signs the legislation into law. House Bill 1489 ...