District Attorney James Stewart filed the motion Monday asking for an execution date for murderer Darrell Dewayne Draughn.

Arkansas becomes the latest state to allow nitrogen gas for executions, following in the footsteps of Alabama, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON, DC - Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate who was executed last week in Louisiana, claimed the state's execution ...

The state of Louisiana implemented a method of execution this month that advocates describe as cruel and unusual.

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas or firing squads?

The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas. Hoffman, 46, was put to death at the Louisiana State ...

On Tuesday evening, March 18, the state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr., putting him to death with nitrogen gas.

There were a handful of witnesses at Aaron Gunches execution yesterday (March 19), with the inmate dying by lethal injection ...