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

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...

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.