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

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 ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

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

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday vacated a preliminary injunction granted by ...

Louisiana officials had planned to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday to fulfill the death sentence of Jessie Hoffman, who was convicted for the 1996 murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. Hoffman has shown a ...