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At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session propose changes that could affect cases moving forward amid a push to ...
The state of Louisiana is on something of a law-and-order binge these days. Governor Jeff Landry is hot to kill more people.
After Louisiana scheduled its first nitrogen gas execution for March 18 — currently being blocked by a federal judge — business and faith leaders have complained.
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official ...
Louisiana’s leaders have the power to choose mercy over death, to affirm that our justice system is capable of grace. Jessie Hoffman’s story challenges us to rise to that standard — to show that, even ...
Louisiana inmates seeking parole are discovering that their fate will be decided not by humans – but by an algorithm.
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to practice his Buddhist breathing techniques.
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official ...
FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File) An undated photo provided by The Promise of Justice ...