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Jessie Hoffman's final moments inside Louisiana's execution chamber at Angola
A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...
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Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
Angola Prison Rodeo returns with spring shows
The wildest show in the south returns at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola with spring shows on Saturday and Sunday, ...
District judge halts Tuesday’s execution at Angola pending hearing
Jessie Hoffman will be executed tomorrow evening by nitrogen hypoxia at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. On the night before Thanksgiving Day in 1996, Jessie Hoffman kidnapped, robbed, and ...
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Louisiana carries out first execution in 15 years Tuesday night
WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, March 18, at Angola State Prison in West Feliciana Parish. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was ...
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Louisiana ends 15-year pause in executions with nitrogen gas execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr.
The apparatus used for nitrogen gas executions at Angola prison in Louisiana [Photo: Louisiana state courts] Louisiana ended its 15-year hiatus from state killings with the execution of Jessie ...
The Associated Press on MSN21d
Louisiana puts man to death in its first nitrogen gas execution
Vehicles enter at the main security gate at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Aug. 5, 2008. Credit: AP/Judi Bottoni The Supreme Court voted 5-4 in declining to step in. Hours earlier at a ...