A bill set to be considered during the upcoming legislative session would make it a crime to intentionally expose others to a ...

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the ...

As U.S. authorities crack down on immigrants at universities in a fervor against pro-Palestinian protests, they quickly have shuttled some of those detained to remote facilities in Louisiana ...

And to those who knew him– his son, his wife, his brothers and sisters and family members, friends, spiritual companions, and ...

Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution ...

The Louisiana State Penitentiary held a press conference after the execution, during which state officials spoke. According ...

He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, authorities said. They said the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what an official characterized as a ...

Hoffman declined to give a final statement before the gas began flowing and he subsequently was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Authorities said the nitrogen gas ...

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 ...