BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

Though “Louisiana officials argue that their execution plan is ‘similar but improved’ compared to Alabama’s,” Avery and ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

The nitrogen gas asphyxiation execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. is back on for next week after a ruling Friday from the U.S.

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...

“Louisiana’s nitrogen gas protocol is completely untested and ... able to see the full protocol ourselves, with Jessie’s execution set for just three weeks from now.” ...

Louisiana paused executions due to broad political pushback ... Last year, Alabama carried out the nation’s first-ever execution using nitrogen gas, and has since put a total of four people ...

The first person in the state of Louisiana scheduled to be put to death by nitrogen gas has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop his upcoming execution. Jessie Hoffman, 46, has spent nearly his entire ...