Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the ...

Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...

BATON ROUGE, LA - A motion was filed earlier this month challenging the state of Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas for the ...

"The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...

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

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is one step closer to his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed an emergency brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after a judge halted ...

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and another on Tuesday.