The day before Thanksgiving 1996, 18-year-old Jessie Hoffman, a valet at the New Orleans parking garage where Mary “Molly” ...

Louisiana’s leaders have the power to choose mercy over death, to affirm that our justice system is capable of grace. Jessie Hoffman’s story challenges us to rise to that standard — to show that, even ...

Three hours before he was to be murdered by the State of Louisiana, Jessie Hoffman greeted me with a strong handshake and an embrace. He stared deep into my eyes and thanked me for coming.

Anti-death penalty advocates and representatives from many faiths called for an end to executions in Louisiana and wished Jessie Hoffman peace at the moment of death.

The issue played a prominent role in the case of Jessie Hoffman Jr., whose lawyers argued unsuccessfully for the ability to ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr, 46, is scheduled to be executed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. He was previously sentenced to death for the 1996 abduction, rape and murder of 28-year-old Mary ...

A chorus of terror rings out as students pool together, their feet frozen to the gymnasium floor, suffocated by a wave of ...