Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

As Louisiana prepared its first execution in 15 years, a team of lawyers from Loyola Law were working to save Jessie ...

Family members of both executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Mary "Molly" Elliott, the woman Hoffman was convicted ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been ...

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at Angola and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Sign up for our ...

“Wait, what?” people said at the time, in 1996. They’d heard that police had arrested 18-year-old Jessie Hoffman, the quiet kid who’d been quarterback at John F. Kennedy High School. And the crime he ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on March 18, 2025. It will be the first time Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to execute someone incarcerated on the state’s death row.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on March 18, 2025. It will be the first time Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to execute someone incarcerated on the state’s death row. “Wait, what?” ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years. Warden Darrel Vannoy says Hoffman will be executed between 6 ...

UPDATE (March 18, 2025 8:51 p.m. E.T.): The state of Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Tuesday evening with nitrogen gas. The Associated Press reports that, according to Louisiana authorities ...

State officials pronounced Jessie Hoffman Jr. dead at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at Angola. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask strapped to his face for 19 minutes while pinned to a gurney ...