He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by nitrogen gas because it violates his religious freedoms. Molly Elliott's ...

Jessie Hoffman (46) was convicted of rape and murder in 1996 and will be sentenced to death by nitrogen gas this week as the first of four scheduled executions. Hoffman will be the first person to be ...

When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.

Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to ... "If you commit heinous acts of violence in this State, it will cost you your life. Plain and simple. Hoffman declined to give a final ...

A convicted murderer and rapist in Louisiana was executed by nitrogen gas Tuesday night ... heinous acts of violence in this State, it will cost you your life. Plain and simple.” ...

Louisiana is scheduled to use nitrogen gas in an execution for the first time tonight. Here's what to know ahead of the expected execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46. Louisiana state law ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. Hoffman has shown a ...

A federal judge in Baton Rouge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop Louisiana from moving forward with its first nitrogen gas execution on March 18, though the state immediately moved to ...

Sarah Sanders signs into law HB 1489, Arkansas executions could begin again. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage, and Sen. Blake Johnson, R-Corning, would allow nitrogen gas to be ...

Nitrogen gas had only been used in death row executions four times before Jessie Hoffman Jr. was executed in Louisiana on Tuesday. His lawyers tried to argue the method was unconstitutional ...