The execution was due to occur next week at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Hoffman, 46 — who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of a New Orleans woman — is a Buddhist, NBC News reports.

Alabama says it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia. The move comes as states that carry out the death penalty have increasingly encountered ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing squad execution was carried out by Utah in 2010.

Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.

The execution was due to occur next week at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Hoffman, 46 — who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of a New Orleans woman — is a Buddhist, NBC News reports.