Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

Caroline Tillman/The Federal Public Defender's Office for the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana Louisiana has executed a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, a first in the state's ...

Louisiana is set to put a condemned man to death using nitrogen gas Tuesday evening in its first execution since 2010, which ...

AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File A Louisiana inmate found guilty of raping and murdering a New Orleans woman is scheduled to be the first person executed via nitrogen gas in that state in 15 years.

A federal judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked the usage of nitrogen gas in executions, ruling the new method could ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas. This would be the first time Louisiana has used this method. To date, nitrogen gas has only been used ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in Louisiana’s first state execution since 2010, state prison officials said.