It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...

Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the method and why its controversial.

Hoffman was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. after a "flawless" execution, according to Gary Westcott, secretary of the ...

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

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

Louisiana carried out its first execution using nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, marking the state’s return to capital ...

Louisiana's protocol says death row inmates will be forced to breathe pure nitrogen through a respirator mask for 15 minutes or for 5 minutes after the inmate's heart rate reaches a flatline on an EKG ...

The US state of Louisiana is set to carry out its first execution in 15 years using nitrogen gas, a method that is banned ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in more than a decade on March 18, 2025, putting Jessie Hoffman Jr to death using ...

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years ...