Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the method. Here's a breakdown of his criminal history.

Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on ...

The Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center is hosting its 15th Annual Circle of Support Walk on Saturday, March 22.

A shooting on Saturday morning, March 15, left one person injured, officials said. The Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center ...

When a conservative columnist says execution by the administration of pure nitrogen gas is a “cruel and unusual punishment,” ...

Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany ...

Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has overturned a lower court's injunction, paving the way for the execution of ...

Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U.S. actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military ...

One man is dead and another injured following separate shootings that happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, March ...