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

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

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

Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...

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

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...

Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening, his attorneys were hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.

In a failed last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers for condemned inmate Jessie Hoffman had argued that ...

ANGOLA, La. — 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 ...

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. by nitrogen hypoxia Tuesday night, making him the first person killed in the state by this method. Photo courtesy of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill ...