If passed, Florida would join five other states that allow execution by firing squad and several others that allow nitrogen gas. Last month, Brad Keith Sigmon became the first inmate in South ...

Incident happened during nitrogen gas transfer at factory Two dead, 45 people receiving treatment in hospital Factory sealed by authorities following mishap A nitrogen gas leak at an acid factory in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – New state bills aim to expand options for death row inmates’ executions to include firing squads and nitrogen gas and allow judges to sentence more convicts to death.

TALLAHASSEE — People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that expands Florida’s death penalty tactics. Florida allows ...

According to Hoffman, the usage of nitrogen gas would disrupt his spiritual practice of contemplative breathing, which was very important to him in his beliefs, explained CNN, noting the case raises ...

A Louisiana death row inmate became the first person to be executed by nitrogen gas in the state's history. Jessie Hoffman was convicted in the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of 28-year-old ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in more than a decade on March 18, 2025, putting Jessie Hoffman Jr to death using nitrogen gas. Hoffman, 46, was convicted for the 1996 rape and murder of ...