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 ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office is seeking death warrants for two death row inmates.

It’s been a number of years since the death penalty was carried out in Louisiana. A vicious rapist and killer, a fellow named Jesse Hoffman, was put to death at Angola State prison just two weeks ago.

District Attorney James Stewart filed the motion Monday asking for an execution date for murderer Darrell Dewayne Draughn.

Arkansas becomes the latest state to allow nitrogen gas for executions, following in the footsteps of Alabama, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead ... Seeking to resume executions, Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature expanded ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate who was executed last week in Louisiana, claimed the state's execution ...

Editorial: Even though the Supreme Court refused to block Louisiana's execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr., that doesn't mean the ...

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

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