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 ...

Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is 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.

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr ... what one official called a "flawless" execution, although one witness spoke of the inmate convulsing during the process.

A Louisiana death row inmate on Tuesday was executed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used before in the state. "Louisiana has successfully used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out the ...

The inmate claimed nitrogen hypoxia ... Smith shook and writhed within restraints on the gurney. Louisiana has not made its nitrogen gas execution protocols public, meaning that attorneys and ...

Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...