Capital punishment will be sought only in “exceedingly rare cases” after detailed review and consultation with crime victims.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in ...

When it comes to death row inmate Darrell Robinson, the Louisiana Supreme Court can't seem to make up its mind.

"Effective immediately, the prior administration's extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today his office will seek the death penalty only in ...

Effective immediately, Nathan Hochman is rescinding the prior administration’s policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.

A convicted murderer and rapist in Louisiana was executed by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, marking the state’s first death row killing in 15 years — and the first time the lethal method was used ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Tuesday night, marking the state's first use of ...

With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...