The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're ...

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

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

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.

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 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 after a 15-year hiatus.

The state of Louisiana carried out its first execution using nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. The vote was 5-4 with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joining ...

A federal judge in Baton Rouge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop Louisiana from moving forward with its first nitrogen gas execution on March 18, though the state immediately moved to ...