Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for ...

A federal judge halted Louisiana from immediately moving forward with the state's nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving ...

Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie ...

Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution His lawyers say nitrogen gas protocol is shrouded in secrecy ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 — currently being blocked by a federal judge -- ...