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 ...

Louisiana conducted its first execution in nearly 15 years by executing a man who killed a woman from Arizona.

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

Aaron Gunches, who had dropped legal efforts to halt his execution, was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of Ted Price, ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was put to death in Louisiana for the nearly three-decade old murder of Mary 'Molly' Elliott.

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

Almost immediately after taking office last year, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry pushed through bills that lengthened prison sentences and eliminated parole for most new convictions. And he argued ...

The Trump appointee isn’t known for siding with death row prisoners. But the reason he gave for doing so in a Louisiana case ...

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 ...

Last year, a new execution method was used in the U.S. for the first time since 1982. Here’s a look at how people have been ...