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• Governor says state's execution was 'justice;' Jessie Hoffman's wife calls it 'revenge' Play Video

  March 19, 2025 10:53 AM

  BATON ROUGE — Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday, making him the first victim of capital punishment in Louisiana in more than a decade. For some, Hoffman's execution by nitrogen hypoxia, a method of execution never used in Louisiana before Tuesday, was the ultimate culmination of... more »