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Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

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

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

UPDATE (March 18, 2025 8:51 p.m. E.T.): The state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Tuesday evening with nitrogen gas. The Associated Press reports that, according to Louisiana authorities ...

Louisiana is set to carry out its first execution in in less than an hour. It’s the first execution in 15 years and first to ...

Louisiana plans to use the new method to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death in the state’s first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four times to execute a person in the ...

LOUISIANA, USA — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Attorney General Liz Murrill, allowing the execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman. On Friday ...

Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in Louisiana’s first state ...

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As death row inmate Jessie Hoffman, Jr., is expected to be executed at Angola tonight, a relative of his murder victim has sent a last-minute plea to Louisiana government officials asking them to ...

Jessie Hoffman, 46, is set to be the first person who Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. Here's what led to his execution being scheduled March 18. Nov. 27, 1996: Mary “Molly ...