Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 ...

Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...

Columnist Will Sutton looks at the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., with an eye on two journalists who saw something most of ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with ...

Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution ...

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen ...

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

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

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

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

Molly Elliott's husband told USA TODAY that he was in favor of Hoffman's execution if it wasn't going to be further delayed but said it wouldn't bring closure. Louisiana on Tuesday executed a ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...