Defense attorneys successfully argued both men had not pursued all their post-conviction remedies before a Caddo Parish judge ...

Many members of Loyola’s community are expressing frustration with the recent execution of Jessie Hoffman, Louisiana’s first ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

"Louisiana has successfully used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out the execution of Jessie Hoffman," Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told Fox News Digital. "Tonight, justice was served for ...

“It went flawless,” Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety Gary Westcott said. “There was nothing that happened incorrectly.” Nitrogen hypoxia was approved by the state ...

Louisiana Corrections Secretary Gary Westcott selected nitrogen hypoxia as Hoffman's method of execution after officials have had trouble procuring the necessary lethal injection drugs following ...

March 19 (UPI) --Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Louisiana legally allows executions via nitrogen gas, lethal injection and electrocution. Republican Governor Jeff Landry authorized nitrogen hypoxia executions last year. Additionally ...