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 ...

A prosecutor told jurors Jessie Hoffman had "ice water in his veins," but what's colder than keeping a man in a cage for ...

Hoffman's execution marks Louisiana's first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State's first time using nitrogen hypoxia for ...

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

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from the U.S.

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been ...

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...

State officials pronounced Jessie Hoffman Jr. dead at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at Angola. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask strapped to his face for 19 minutes while pinned to a gurney ...