Jessie Hoffman Jr. was convicted of the murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott, a 28-year-old advertising executive who was killed in ...

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

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

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at Angola and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m.. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

Louisiana's protocol says death row inmates will be forced to breathe pure nitrogen through a respirator mask for 15 minutes or for 5 minutes after the inmate's heart rate reaches a flatline on an EKG ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...

He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute Patrick Kennedy for his crime. The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security ...

A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...

A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...