A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had ...

Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening, his attorneys were hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.

After court battles earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily halted Hoffman's execution by nitrogen gas last week, issuing a preliminary injunction to stop ... the inmate's heart rate ...

Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in a briefing after the execution. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask ...

(WAFB) - A district court judge in Baton Rouge has dissolved, or ended, his temporary restraining order that blocked tonight’s planned execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman.

(Louisiana First) — A district judge dissolved an order to stop the execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman ... resume executions using nitrogen gas after the legislature approved ...

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Louisiana to carry out its first planned execution of a condemned inmate by nitrogen gas on Tuesday ... from a federal district judge blocking his execution in ...

At a hearing Tuesday morning, 19th Judicial District Court Judge Richard “Chip” Moore declined to stop the execution ... Each inmate put to death using nitrogen in Alabama has appeared ...

(AP) — Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday, his attorneys are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state's first execution by nitrogen gas.