A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's attorneys have been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by the controversial and largely ...

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

Hoffman's attorneys filed challenges in both state and federal courts on Monday as they sought a judge willing to stop the ...

BATON ROUGE, LA - A motion was filed earlier this month challenging the state of Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas for the ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...

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

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

Louisiana is set to put a condemned man to death using nitrogen gas Tuesday evening in its first execution since 2010, which ...

Recent executions using nitrogen gas and firing squads have sparked controversy over their potential cruelty. Florida allows executions by lethal injection or electrocution, with the inmate ...