He also declined a final meal. It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama. Three other executions, by lethal injection ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first execution in 15 years.

Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States — all in Alabama, the only other state with a protocol for the method. "It is unfortunate that bad ...

He was the fifth person in the U.S. ever to be executed by nitrogen gas, with the previous four occurring in Alabama. Death by nitrogen gas is currently allowed in only four states, including ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method - all in Alabama. Three other executions, by lethal injection, are scheduled this week - in Arizona ...

To date, nitrogen gas has only been used four times in the United States, all in Alabama. Hoffman's attorneys argue that the method is unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment's ...

He also declined a final meal. It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama. Three other executions, by lethal injection ...

Until Tuesday, only one state, Alabama, had used nitrogen gas to put inmates to death. The state made history last year with its first such execution, and has conducted three others using nitrogen ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the US after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama. Three other executions, by lethal injection, are scheduled this week — in ...