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.

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

Nitrogen gas had only been used in death row executions four times before Tuesday, all in Alabama. Last year, the method was used to execute Carey Dale Grayson for the killing of Vickie DeBlieux ...

House Bill 36 is proposed legislation that would add nitrogen hypoxia as a method of the death penalty in Ohio.

Under a nitrogen gas execution, the inmate is forced to breath pure nitrogen ... Inmates convicted of capital crimes may be ...

Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.

Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday. Hoffman ...

The bill comes as public support for the death penalty is at a five-decade ... by firing squad and several others that allow nitrogen gas. Last month, Brad Keith Sigmon became the first inmate ...

More states are struggling to obtain the more common lethal injection drugs. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving to ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana after the state struggled to obtain drugs for lethal injections. Hoffman, who was convicted of the rape and murder of 28 ...