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

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is ...

The planned execution at Angola will mark the first time Louisiana has used the lethal method on a death row inmate.

Louisiana performed its first execution using nitrogen gas Tuesday afternoon with the death row inmate refusing to give a ...