At the age of 18, Hoffman abducted Molly Elliott in downtown New Orleans on November 26, 1996. He first ordered the ...

Executions in the state date back to Louisiana's early colonial period when under French and Spanish rule. Under French rule, execution was used as a way to instill fear and uphold order and the ...

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in ...

Attorneys for a Louisiana man are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas.

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...

After spending 26 years on death row and 28 years after he murdered Molly Elliot, he became the first Louisiana inmate ...

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

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, a method never used in the state before.

Sanders signed the law hours before Louisiana executed its first inmate with the nitrogen gas method. Arkansas is now the ...