It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

It was the fifth nitrogen execution in the U.S. The first four happened here in Alabama. Mississippi and Oklahoma also have approved nitrogen’s use, and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders this week ...

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

The US state of Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death for a murder committed decades ago, marking the first ...

ANGOLA, LA - The death penalty is back in use in Louisiana. The state has executed its first death row inmate in 15 years.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of Mary Elliott in New Orleans, was strapped to a ...

This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott. (Caroline Tillman/Federal Public Defender's Office For the ...