The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

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

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

In 2024, Alabama became the first state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas when it put Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...

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

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at ...

Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...

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

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from 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.