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

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

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, has argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability ...

Anti-death penalty advocates and representatives from many faiths called for an end to executions in Louisiana and wished ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, March 18, at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana Parish.

ANGOLA, La. – Jessie Hoffman has been executed, according to a statement from his attorney shortly before 7 p.m. Attorney ...

Louisiana is set to carry out its first execution in in less than an hour. It’s the first execution in 15 years and first to ...

A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.

Attorneys for a Louisiana man are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of ...

FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) ...