Davis Vanguard1d
Jessie Hoffman Executed after Last-Minute Legal Battle; Other Executions Loom This Week
Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years Tuesday night, executing Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen hypoxia after ...
The Lens2d
Explaining Jessie Hoffman
People still say, ‘That’s not the Jessie I knew.’ But most didn’t know what he endured at home – and that’s likely what drove ...
USA Today2d
Louisiana executes inmate with nitrogen gas method after narrow Supreme Court decision
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 ...
CNN3d
Louisiana death row inmate seeks last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution
Louisiana plans to use the new method to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death in the state’s first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four times to execute a person in the ...
The Independent3d
Inside the race against time to halt Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas. This would be the first time Louisiana has used this method. To date, nitrogen gas has only been used ...