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.

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

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

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

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 14 other people are scheduled to be put to death in eight states during the remainder of 2025. Three men ...

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

Lucifer himself could conceive of few more evil ways to execute someone than nitrogen hypoxia,' one spiritual leader for ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the state from moving forward with Jessie Hoffman Jr.'s execution.