Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the US state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

Louisiana would become only the second state to use the execution method, after Alabama first used nitrogen hypoxia to ... in ...

On Tuesday the state did just that, carrying out its first execution since 2010. It used nitrogen gas, a method that was first used by Alabama last year and that was legalized by Louisiana ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill said the state will immediately appeal the decision. In her ruling, Dick said the court is tasked with answering the question: “Is nitrogen hypoxia cruel and unusual ...

A man on death row is facing execution tonight by use of a controversial nitrogen gas which the same state has banned for killing pet cats and dogs. Jessie Hoffman was sentenced to death in 1996 ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana after the state struggled to obtain drugs for lethal injections. Hoffman, who was convicted of the rape and murder of 28 ...

Louisiana has witnessed its first execution by nitrogen, with Jessie Hoffman Jr ... commented: "Tonight, the State of Louisiana took the life of Jessie Hoffman, a man who was deeply loved ...