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 ...

Jessie Hoffman has seemed to maintain his usual calm since the state numbered his days, relatives say. Hoffman, who has spent well over half his life on death row in Louisiana, remains focused ...

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.