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

Family members of both executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Mary "Molly" Elliott, the woman Hoffman was convicted ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years. Warden Darrel Vannoy says Hoffman will be executed between 6 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials, Hoffman was ...

That’s not the Jessie I knew,” said Bryson, who drove to Baton Rouge on Sunday morning, to speak at a rally in front of the governor’s mansion. He hoped that the governor would spare Hoffman’s life, ...

A judge in Baton Rouge dissolved a restraining order, allowing Jessie Hoffman's execution to proceed on Tuesday.

Hoffman's attorneys filed challenges in both state and federal courts on Monday as they sought a judge willing to stop the ...

Hoffman’s execution is set for Tuesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s decision to ...

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

Hoffman's execution marks Louisiana's first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State's first time using nitrogen hypoxia for capital punishment. Alabama was the first state to use the method, as it put ...

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.

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 ...