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Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...
A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...
As Louisiana prepared its first execution in 15 years, a team of lawyers from Loyola Law were working to save Jessie ...
Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder ... 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 ...
AN IN-DEPTH REPORT COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:00. ME 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 ...
"Executing Jessie Hoffman is not justice in my name, it is the opposite." Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told reporters following Hoffman’s death that she had been in direct contact with ...
One official characterized Hoffman’s execution as “flawless,” following multiple attempts by his lawyers to halt his death. “Tonight, the State of Louisiana took the life of Jessie Hoffman ...
This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Mary "Molly" Elliott. Hoffman was executed on March 18, 2025. Louisiana has ...