Hours before he was executed, Jessie Hoffman Jr. meditated. He cried and laughed with his family. He played charades. And though Hoffman declined to make a public, final statement when he was strapped ...

“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 legislature and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman. Hoffman was scheduled for ...

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections may have used compressed gas from a Pennsylvania company in the March 18 state execution of Jessie Hoffman, despite the fact that the company ...

A Louisiana man was executed this week after a hard-fought battle by his legal team arguing that the method violated his religious freedom went all the way to the Supreme Court. Even more alarming is ...

The execution last week of Jessie Hoffman Jr. marked the end of a 15-year-long stretch in which the death penalty was on the books in Louisiana but not carried out. It also marked the beginning of a ...

(The Center Square) − The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., a convicted killer and rapist, ...

As a young senior, there are still things I want to do in life, but watching a state-sanctioned execution isn't one of them. Just a few days ago, for the first time in 15 years, the State of Louisiana ...

On March 20th, Louisiana carried out the execution of inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr, using a contentious method for the first time. Authorities reported that the 46-year-old was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m ...

Jessie Hoffman was executed on March 18 after a hard-fought legal battle went all the way to the Supreme Court. A Louisiana man was executed this week after a hard-fought battle by his legal team ...