A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing suffocation.

Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...

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

Attorneys for Louisiana remain adamant that nitrogen hypoxia is seemingly painless. Following last week's hearing, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the ...

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 ...

Currently, four states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma — specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma specifically authorize execution by nitrogen hypoxia, according to records compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center. Arkansas was added to the ...

Defense attorneys successfully argued both men had not pursued all their post-conviction remedies before a Caddo Parish judge ...

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 ...

Attorneys for Louisiana remain adamant that nitrogen hypoxia is seemingly painless. Following last week's hearing, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction stopping the ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday.