A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana, the first of four executions scheduled this week in the United States.

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute ...

Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it ...

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

According to a new court filing, Jesse Hoffman is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to prevent him from being executed by nitrogen gas, saying the method violates his religious freedom and Eighth ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she expects Jessie Hoffman’s execution by nitrogen gas to go forth as planned ...

Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch ...

Authorities were called around 9:20 to the 600 block of 12th Avenue North for a fight in progress. When they arrived, they ...

Jessie Hoffman's execution was cleared by a federal appeals court that vacated a preliminary injunction by a lower court.

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

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that nitrogen gas violates his ...

Hoffman’s execution is set for Tuesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s decision to ...