BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill ...

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

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

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

Molly Elliott's husband is speaking out for the first time in three decades as Jessie Hoffman's Louisiana execution, set for March 18, is now tied up in the courts.

Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed an emergency brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after a judge halted a death row inmate’s execution.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more ... make the execution of convicted murderer Jessie Hoffman imminent. Hoffman’s attorneys ...

(WVUE) - A Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to be the ... citing concerns about the use of nitrogen hypoxia. Jessie Hoffman, who is set to be executed on March 18 for the 1996 murder of ...

Jessie Hoffman has spent the better part of three ... press will embellish on the feelings and interests of the violent death row murderers, we will continue to advocate for the innocent victims ...

“I represent people on death row, and he’s really a unique person.” She said Hoffman “is beloved by both his fellow inmates and the prison staff,” a sentiment that emerges in messages of support ...

Jessie Hoffman, 46, has spent nearly his entire adult life on death row. In 1998, he was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 fatal shooting, rape, robbery and kidnapping of 28-year-old ...