Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...

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

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first execution in 15 years.

At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session propose changes that could affect cases moving forward amid a push to ...

marking the state’s first death row killing in 15 years — and the first time the lethal method was used in the Pelican State. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead at 6:50 p.m. after he ...

This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott. Hoffman was executed on March 18, 2025. Louisiana has ...

The Louisiana death row inmate died after choking on nitrogen ... give a final statement or have a final meal at the prison. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder ...

DEATH row killer Jessie Hoffman has been executed with nitrogen gas in a 19-minute ordeal that left him “twitching and jerking”. The 46-year-old declined to make a final statement in ...

UPDATE (March 18, 2025 8:51 p.m. E.T.): The state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman ... the state’s schedule, Hoffman, now 46, will be the first Louisiana Death Row inmate executed in ...

the execution of death row inmate Jesse Hoffman Jr. will be carried out between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. this evening via nitrogen hypoxia.” It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.