Jessie Hoffman Jr., now 46 years old, was sentenced to death for the 1996 abduction, rape, and killing of a woman in St.

Available evidence indicates that death by nitrogen gas is inhumane, a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against ...

An Indiana judge is mandating sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate, extending the ongoing legal challenge to a ...

The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...

Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...

"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita appears to have signaled his defiance to a court order that would compel the Indiana ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has upheld a trial court’s decision to deny death row inmate Jessie D. Hoffman’s request to cancel his scheduled execution Tuesday (March 18). Hoffman’s lawyers argued that ...