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

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. by nitrogen hypoxia Tuesday night, making him the first person killed in the state by this method. Photo courtesy of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of ...

A victory for opponents of Louisiana’s decision to execute a man using nitrogen hypoxia as a federal judge grants their Eighth Amendment argument that gassing is cruel and unusual punishment.

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...

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

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

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

"The thing that we need to remember is that nitrogen hypoxia is authorized, but it's not the only method of execution available," he said. States like Louisiana turned to nitrogen hypoxia or other ...

Wed, March 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM UTC ...

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.