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

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

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

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

Louisiana is set to put a condemned man to death using nitrogen gas Tuesday evening in its first execution since 2010, which ...

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen ...

Airgas, a nitrogen and oxygen supplier, is considering action against Louisiana over potential misuse of its products during ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state ...

Louisiana is scheduled to carry out its first execution in 15 years, using nitrogen hypoxia. Jessie Hoffman faces the death penalty for the 1996 rape and murder of Mary “Molly” Elliot.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...

Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward next week after a federal appeals court vacated a ...

Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution ...