Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to grant a stay to block Louisiana’s execution of an inmate by use of nitrogen gas. 46-year-old Jessie Hoffman Jr. became the first person ever to be executed ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana after the state struggled to obtain drugs for lethal injections. Hoffman, who was convicted of the rape and murder of 28 ...

(Louisiana First) — Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate Jessie ... Louisiana’s nitrogen gas protocol follows ...