A prosecutor told jurors Jessie Hoffman had "ice water in his veins," but what's colder than keeping a man in a cage for ...

Hoffman's execution marks Louisiana's first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State's first time using nitrogen hypoxia for ...

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

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

"Executing Jessie Hoffman is not justice in my name, it is the opposite." Murphy said the killing of Hoffman would only bring her more grief and trauma, and that she wanted the state to spare his ...

Hoffman is a practicing Buddhist. His lawyers have argued that killing him using nitrogen gas would interfere with his Buddhist breathing exercises, therefore violating his religious freedoms.

The Hoffman's Chocolates flagship store in Greenacres, Florida, a beloved landmark known for its holiday wonderland, has permanently closed. The Greenacres store, with its holiday lights ...

Killing Christians because they are Christians is nothing new. Sometimes the persecution is intense, sometimes not as much. Right now, many Christians are reportedly being killed in Syria ...

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 ...

Pick up a book titled “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire — Why Our Species is on the Edge of Extinction” (St. Martin’s Press), and it’s safe to assume its pages won’t be full of ...