March 19 (UPI) --Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night for the 1996 kidnapping ...

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A victory for opponents of Louisiana’s decision to execute a man using nitrogen hypoxia as a ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Louisiana’s planned execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen hypoxia, ruling that the method poses a substantial ...

"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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials ...

Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to rule on an appeal. The execution is part of Louisiana's shift to nitrogen hypoxia due to difficulties in obtaining lethal injection drugs. AP This undated photo shows ...

The only execution methods for carrying out capital punishment listed in Louisiana law are nitrogen hypoxia, lethal injection and electrocution. For nearly two decades, the state has faced legal ...

March 19 (UPI) --Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and ...