The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

Editorial: Even though the Supreme Court refused to block Louisiana's execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr., that doesn't mean the ...

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...

Hours before he was executed, Jessie Hoffman Jr. meditated ... made an unsuccessful plea for Louisiana to spare Hoffman’s life. She said the state never got back to her on a letter she sent ...

On Tuesday evening, March 18, the state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr., putting him to death with nitrogen gas.

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas.

Jessie Hoffman was executed on March 18 after a hard-fought legal battle went all the way to the Supreme Court.

“It went flawless,” Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety Gary Westcott said. “There was nothing that happened incorrectly.” Nitrogen hypoxia was approved by the state ...

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas, marking the state’s first execution in over 15 years. Authorities ...