Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is ...
It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...
Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...
A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen ...