Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, has argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability ...
Louisiana conducted its first execution in 15 years Tuesday as a man who was convicted in a 1996 murder was put to death by nitrogen gas – the state’s first use of that method of capital punishment.
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 ...
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...
Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...
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.