Defense attorneys successfully argued both men had not pursued all their post-conviction remedies before a Caddo Parish judge ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 11, 2025 – Two Air Force neurologists at Brooke Army Medical Center ...

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

Many members of Loyola’s community are expressing frustration with the recent execution of Jessie Hoffman, Louisiana’s first ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

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 ...

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

Three hours before he was to be murdered by the State of Louisiana, Jessie Hoffman greeted me with a strong handshake and an embrace. He stared deep into my eyes and thanked me for coming.

“It went flawless,” Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety Gary Westcott said. “There was nothing that happened incorrectly.” Nitrogen hypoxia was approved by the state ...

The execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., convicted in the 1996 murder of a woman abducted from a New Orleans parking garage, was completed Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials, Hoffman was pronounced deceased at ...