Two execution are scheduled for the second week of April in Florida and South Carolina, one of them by firing squad.

THE world has seen its deadliest year for executions in a decade, with Iran and China crowned the worst globally. Various ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense attorneys argue it would be "unheard of in both this state and the nation" for executions to be scheduled before an inmate exhausts all appeals.

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

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