Gorsuch explained his dissent in the Jessie Hoffman v. Gary Westcott case in a two-page opinion. He said a lower court had committed an "apparent legal error" in rejecting Hoffman's religion-based ...

Each year, a quilt is created by the Quilt Show Committee members to raffle off. This year’s 76-by-76 inch medallion quilt features a windmill in the center surrounded by four rounds made up of ...

The execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., convicted in the 1996 murder of a woman abducted from a New Orleans parking garage, was completed Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution. According to officials ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead at 6:50 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas for 19 minutes through a fitted full-faced respirator mask while strapped to a gurney inside the execution ...

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in Louisiana’s first state execution since 2010, state prison officials said.

March 18, 2025 — Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years Tuesday night, executing Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen hypoxia after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay. The 5-4 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Jessie Hoffman had been executed by the state. Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was scheduled for 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 ...

Donna Jordan's husband, Matt, announced her death during what was meant to be a regular quilting tutorial posted to her Jordan Fabrics YouTube channel Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer ...

As death row inmate Jessie Hoffman, Jr., is expected to be executed at Angola tonight, a relative of his murder victim has sent a last-minute plea to Louisiana government officials asking them to ...