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

The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling just hours before the execution, declined to halt the execution. On Friday, a federal ...

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

Gary Tyler’s lifelong struggle for justice, both personally and socially, animates his artistic work as a quilt maker. His ...

Police said the victim is an adult male.

A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.

A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...

Within the walls of Angola, the sprawling state prison complex located deep within rural West Feliciana Parish, the mood among prisoners and staff — particularly those who live and work in prox ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...