HOUSTON (AP) — Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to die on Tuesday in Louisiana. He was ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost expressed on Monday his support for a bill that would legalize execution by nitrogen hypoxia in Ohio, while claiming private companies are withholding ...

OKLAHOMA CITYOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Tuesday he is confident in the state’s current lethal injection protocols and has no plans to endorse a switch to nitrogen gas, even as ...

A federal judge has granted an order prohibiting Alabama from executing a death row inmate by lethal injection this week after he asserted he chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia – an untested and ...

Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is not ...

Former SAPD officer James Brennand made a court appearance on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. Read full article: ‘It’s a slap in our face’: No murder charges a year after 14-year-old shot, killed The dog was ...