BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Appeals court allows Louisiana to move forward with state's first execution using nitrogen gas next week.

Though “Louisiana officials argue that their execution plan is ‘similar but improved’ compared to Alabama’s,” Avery and ...

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

The nitrogen gas asphyxiation execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. is back on for next week after a ruling Friday from the U.S.

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The ...

Hoffman’s attorneys have now filed a new federal lawsuit, challenging Louisiana’s execution procedure of using nitrogen gas, claiming their client was deprived of due process and that the ...

Nitrogen gas in executions in Alabama “has been litigated ... Jacobs listed Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Missouri. But Missouri does not have nitrogen gas as an option, as ...

“Louisiana’s nitrogen gas protocol is completely untested and ... able to see the full protocol ourselves, with Jessie’s execution set for just three weeks from now.” ...