Louisiana plans to execute Jessie Hoffman Tuesday, it's first in 15 years. There are 56 other inmates on death row in the state. Here's where they're from.

After weeks of legal maneuvers to delay Jessie Hoffman's execution, including a last-minute appeal denial from the U.S.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...

In Rapides Parish, two death row inmates currently await their fate in the Louisiana State Penitentiary – Darrell James ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is one step closer to his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ...

The man accused of killing a Loranger woman and kidnapping her two daughters, ultimately killing one, will undergo another mental evaluation.

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Louisiana to resume plans to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. next week with nitrogen gas. The New Orleans-based federal ...

Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put the inmate to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.

The Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed that no fewer than 3,688 prisoners are on death row across its various facilities in the country. The acting Comptroller General of the NCoS ...