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

A Huntsville man is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of an assault victim days later. Huntsville police ...

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

It’s art imitating life for former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), as he plays a prominent role in a Senate hearing — in a buzzy ...

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

Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...

An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder was scheduled to be executed Wednesday in the state’s first use of ...

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, a method never used in the state before.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

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