A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, March 18, at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana ...

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...

The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling just hours before the execution, declined to halt the execution. On Friday, a federal ...

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

Gary Tyler’s lifelong struggle for justice, both personally and socially, animates his artistic work as a quilt maker. His ...

ANGOLA, La. (WVUE) - Convicted killer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death by nitrogen gas Tuesday night (March 18) in ...

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 ...

Within the walls of Angola, the sprawling state prison complex located deep within rural West Feliciana Parish, the mood among prisoners and staff — particularly those who live and work in prox ...