"I wanted to meet with him as part of my own healing process and am outraged that the prison and the board of pardons refused ...

The families have expressed mixed emotions following the state's first execution in 15 years and shared memories from the ...

People still say, ‘That’s not the Jessie I knew.’ But most didn’t know what he endured at home – and that’s likely what drove ...

"I want my opportunity to speak as a victim's family member in the clemency process before Jessie is executed and am distraught that my voice cannot be heard," Murphy wrote. "Executing Jessie ...

A prosecutor told jurors Jessie Hoffman had "ice water in his veins," but what's colder than keeping a man in a cage for ...

Family members of both executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. and Mary "Molly" Elliott, the woman Hoffman was convicted ...

Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years Tuesday night, executing Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen hypoxia after ...

Murphy requested a Zoom call with Elliott earlier this week and it was denied on Monday by Department of Corrections officials. “I would like to have the opportunity still to meet with Jessie.” ...

In 2024, Alabama became the first state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas when it put Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, to ...

Kate Murphy, a sister-in-law of the murder victim, in a Monday letter requesting a pardon hearing for Hoffman, wrote, “Executing Jessie Hoffman is not justice in my name, it is the opposite.” ...

The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling just hours before the execution, declined to halt the execution. On Friday, a federal ...