Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first execution in 15 years.

At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session propose changes that could affect cases moving forward amid a push to ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday recalled execution warrants that a judge had signed for two death row inmates who were ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed legislation allowing the state to carry out executions using nitrogen gas.

Defense attorneys argue it would be "unheard of in both this state and the nation" for executions to be scheduled before an inmate exhausts all appeals.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row, has died, the state Department of Corrections said. Ward was 68.