It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama. Three ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's attorneys have been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by the controversial and largely ...

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

Louisiana's protocol says death row inmates will be forced to breathe pure nitrogen through a respirator mask for 15 minutes or for 5 minutes after the inmate's heart rate reaches a flatline on an EKG ...

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

After Alabama carried out the country's first known execution by nitrogen gas last year, the state's attorney general delivered a message to other states: "Alabama has done it, and now so can you." ...

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

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

in Alabama. Hoffman’s lawyers had unsuccessfully argued that the nitrogen gas procedure — which deprives a person of oxygen — violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and ...

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 15-year hiatus.