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 ...

The day before Thanksgiving 1996, 18-year-old Jessie Hoffman, a valet at the New Orleans parking garage where Mary “Molly” Elliott parked for work, kidnapped the recently married 28-year-old ...

Anti-death penalty advocates and representatives from many faiths called for an end to executions in Louisiana and wished Jessie Hoffman peace at the moment of death.

Three hours before he was to be murdered by the State of Louisiana, Jessie Hoffman greeted me with a strong handshake and an embrace. He stared deep into my eyes and thanked me for coming.

At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session propose changes that could affect cases moving forward amid a push to ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday recalled execution warrants that a judge had signed for two death row inmates who were ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a 29-page preliminary injunction Tuesday to stop state corrections officials from executing Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, at Louisiana State Penitentiary in ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr, 46, is scheduled to be executed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. He was previously sentenced to death for the 1996 abduction, rape and murder of 28-year-old Mary ...

The death penalty has been a major topic in Louisiana ever since the execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr. one month ago. He was ...

Barring a last-minute stay in the case, Jessie Hoffman will become the first Louisiana death row inmate executed since 2010. Louisiana lawmakers approved nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method ...

Now that Arkansas has officially approved nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's ...