Louisiana inmates renew push for heat protections at Angola prison, call conditions ‘modern-day slavery’
Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...
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Jessie Hoffman's final moments inside Louisiana's execution chamber at Angola
A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...
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Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions. Here are the 56 people on Angola's death row.
Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...
Louisiana becomes second state, after Alabama, to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas
It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.
Murderer Jessie Hoffman put to death by nitrogen gas in Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years
ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in ...
Louisiana ends 15-year pause in executions with nitrogen gas execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr.
The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling just hours before the execution, declined to halt the execution. On Friday, a federal ...
Louisiana carries out first execution in 15 years Tuesday night
Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, March 18, at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana ...
Louisiana death row killer Jessie Hoffman becomes state’s first nitrogen gas execution
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...
District judge halts Tuesday’s execution at Angola pending hearing
Jessie Hoffman will be executed tomorrow evening by nitrogen hypoxia at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. On the ...
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...
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As Louisiana is set to resume executions, these 55 people are on death row
The state plans to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday when it’s scheduled to put Jessie Hoffman to death.
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As Louisiana is set to resume executions, these 56 people are on death row
She and Gov. Jeff Landry plan to attend Hoffman’s execution Tuesday at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. The last person executed in Louisiana was Gerald Bordelon, who received a lethal ...