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

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method ...

Executioners then placed a nitrogen gas mask on his face. Officials administered nitrogen gas, which flowed for 19 minutes. It marked the first nitrogen gas execution in Louisiana and the state ...

Pure nitrogen gas was then pumped into the mask ... Seth Smith, chief of operations at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, witnessed the execution and also acknowledged ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark — The Arkansas Senate has approved a bill allowing executions using nitrogen gas, advancing House Bill 1489 ...

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.

Until Tuesday, only one state, Alabama, had used nitrogen gas to put inmates to death ... chief of operations for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.