Bruce Ward was among eight inmates Arkansas planned to execute in 2017, but his execution and three others were halted by the ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Louisiana carried out the execution of inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr, using a contentious method for the first time. Authorities ...

It was an all too familiar scene in Starke during the March 20 execution of Eddie James. Two groups trying to make sense of ...

(AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening ... what one official characterized as a “flawless” execution. It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the ...

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas, marking the state’s first execution in over 15 years. Authorities ...

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

Hoffman, the fifth prisoner in the US and the first in Louisiana to be executed by nitrogen gas, had been arguing against his execution by the controversial and primarily unproven method.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official characterized ...

The US state of Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death for a murder committed decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year ...

AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening ... what one official characterized as a “flawless” execution. Witnesses to the execution said Hoffman appeared ...