Jessie Hoffman was executed on March 18 after a hard-fought legal battle went all the way to the Supreme Court.

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

Governor Jeff Landry and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill say they want to clear Louisiana’s backlog of death row ...

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

Rising carbon dioxide boosts plant growth but reduces key nutrients, weakening global food quality and crop nutrition.

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...

Catholics in Arkansas express concern over a bill proposing nitrogen gas as a method of execution, a controversial step in the state's death penalty debate.

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