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

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

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

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

If passed, Florida would join five other states that allow execution by firing squad and several others that allow nitrogen ...

Police said that the factory, which was operating illegally, was located in a populated area at Badhia in Beawar district of ...

District Collector Dr Mahendra Khadkavat ordered the immediate sealing of the factory following the gas leak on Monday ...

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.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed legislation allowing the state to carry out executions using nitrogen gas.

Three people died and over 50 others fell sick as toxic gas leaked from a tanker parked at a chemical factory in Beawar district of Rajasthan, an official said. He said the factory owner and two ...

The York County Hazmat Team was called to a liquid nitrogen gas leak at a food processing center on Thursday morning. The ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas. This would be the first time Louisiana has used this method. To date, nitrogen gas has only been used ...