Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

The most recent U.S. execution took place Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, who ...

Steven Nelson, 37, was put to death Feb. 5 for smothering ... David Leonard Wood, who has been on death row since November 1992, is scheduled for execution on March 13, 2025.

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in six ... Texas in 2004. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed ...

That's the most in a three-month period since 10 people were executed from August 2024 through October 2024, according to records compiled by the Death ... in 2004. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37 ...

FROM A JUDGE ON WHETHER THE USE OF GAS TO EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE IS CONSTITUTIONAL. JESSE HOFFMAN IS ACCUSED OF RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO IN SAINT TAMMANY. AND THE CASE ...

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. Jordan, now 78 years old, wants the high court ...

On the other hand, prosecutors have demanded the defense stop referring to the state's intent to seek the death penalty if there ... The new judge, Steven Hippler in Ada County, has scheduled ...

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