The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

Columnist Will Sutton looks at the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., with an eye on two journalists who saw something most of ...

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a ...

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 ...

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. using nitrogen gas, marking the state’s first execution in over 15 years. Authorities ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions ...

Public support for the death penalty remains at a five-decade low at 53%, with a recent Gallup polling revealing that more than half of young U.S. adults ages 18 through 43 now oppose the death ...

Edward James was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford on Thursday, more than three decades ...

Two US states carried out executions on Thursday, marking the third and fourth death sentences enforced across the country ...

In a week marked by controversy, two US states executed four convicted murderers, reigniting the debate over capital ...

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket, also known as the shadow docket, consists of applications seeking immediate action from the court. Unlike the merits docket, these cases are handled on an ...