When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.
Sanders signed the law hours before Louisiana executed its first inmate with the nitrogen gas method. Arkansas is now the ...
While some states have passed or are considering legislation to allow nitrogen gas executions, it is uncertain how widely the method will be used. Public support for the death penalty is declining ...
Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...
It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.
Attorneys for a Louisiana man scheduled to be put to death are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas ...
Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...
A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen ...