He died at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, located in the eastern part of the state. Lawyers for Sepulvado in a statement announcing his death said he suffered from severe physical and ...

A convicted murderer and rapist in Louisiana was executed by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, marking the state’s first death row killing in ... at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ... Arkansas currently has 25 people on death row. Over recent decades, the number of executions ...

The state plans to put him to death using nitrogen gas, the first such execution in Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) Hoffman w as on death row for the 1996 abduction ...

(Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune) "Jessie will always be remembered as a reason for why we do this work," said Alison McCrary, spiritual adviser on death row and director of Louisiana ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night ... after the execution of Jessie Hoffman at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola: "Louisiana has successfully used nitrogen ...

A man on death row is facing execution tonight by use of a controversial nitrogen gas which the same state has banned for killing pet cats and dogs. Jessie Hoffman was sentenced to death in 1996 ...

This undated photo shows Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr., who ... FILE - Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., ...

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 ... Louisiana's death row to ...