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 ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Tuesday allowing executions using nitrogen gas, making Arkansas the fifth ...

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed multiple bills, including one allowing nitrogen gas executions, into law on ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

HB1489 was signed into law by Arkansas Gov. Sanders. The bill allows nitrogen hypoxia executions, changing the state's ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed House Bill 1489 on Tuesday, making Arkansas the fifth state to permit executions by use of nitrogen gas. The signing of this legislation coincides ...