Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was put to death using nitrous gas, which replaces oxygen with nitrogen and causes death by ...

The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling just hours before the execution, declined to halt the execution. On Friday, a federal ...

Authorities were seen in a subdivision off of South Harrell's Ferry Road near O'Neal Lane around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, March ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...

Angola was once called America’s bloodiest prison. The largest maximum-security prison in the United States, Angola has 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff. It occupies 28 square miles in Louisiana, a ...

The officers were able to de-escalate the situation to allow prison medical staff to immediately ... life sentence for the 2018 murder of another Angola inmate Dolan Franklin.

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

ANGOLA, La. (BRPROUD) — Every Sunday in October, people can attend the Angola Prison Rodeo, also known as “The Wildest Show in the South.” The event has food, shopping and a lot of fun.

An Angola man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being involved in an accident that took the life of a child. According ...

Doctors had recommended hospice care, but he was instead returned to Angola Prison for execution. Soon after Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill released statement saying, “Justice should ...

Markus R. Genovese, 53, of Angola, pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in the death of an 8-year-old passenger following a ...