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.

After court battles earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily halted Hoffman's execution by nitrogen gas last week, issuing a preliminary injunction to stop ... the inmate's heart rate ...

Another judge denied him on Tuesday. Louisiana officials are planning to carry out its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday after a judge denied death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's eleventh ...

Louisiana is planning its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening. In a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers for condemned inmate ... district judge blocking his ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's not in a rush to resume executions after signing legislation allowing the use of nitrogen gas to put inmates to death ...

where all death row inmates in Louisiana are housed. Louisiana recently updated its execution chamber for nitrogen gas executions. The state's new execution protocol — which a federal judge ...

(AP) — On the day that Louisiana's first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being ...