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.

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

The state executed convicted murderer-rapist Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night (March 18). Hoffman was the first inmate ...

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

Coming up on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the state’s first execution in more than a decade, its first using nitrogen ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

Nitrogen gas has been used in four other executions, each in the state of Alabama, where the method — also known as nitrogen ...

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, March 18, at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana ...