Palmetto Island State Park photo A man shooting at a “dark silhouette” in the night has been accused of illegally killing a bear, according to investigators in south Louisiana. It happened ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person ...

A convicted murderer and rapist in Louisiana was executed by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, marking the state’s first death row killing in 15 years — and the first time the lethal method was used ...

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The graduate of Pennsylvania State University can be reached at j.miller@newsweek.com. Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward next week after a federal appeals court ...

Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening, his attorneys were hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has said the state intends to carry out death sentences for at least four condemned people this year. There are 55 men and one woman facing the death penalty ...