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

He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by nitrogen gas because it violates his religious freedoms. Molly Elliott's ...

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

While some states have passed or are considering legislation to allow nitrogen gas executions, it is uncertain how widely the method will be used. Public support for the death penalty is declining ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...

Louisiana is scheduled to use nitrogen gas in an execution for the first time tonight. Here's what to know ahead of the expected execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46. Louisiana state law ...

Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage, and Sen. Blake Johnson, R-Corning, have proposed a bill to allow the Division of Correction to use nitrogen gas as a method of execution, in addition to the current ...

When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.