The state executed convicted murderer-rapist Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night (March 18). Hoffman was the first inmate ...

A SWAT team with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on multiple counts of child pornography and sexual ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman.

Board member Adrejia L. A. Boutté speaks during a Louisiana Public Defender Board meeting at the Capitol on Thursday, March ...

A Lafayette man was arrested March 19 and charged with 20 counts of animal sexual abuse and six counts of child pornography.

In Rapides Parish, two death row inmates currently await their fate in the Louisiana State Penitentiary – Darrell James ...

Louisiana woman, Danette Colbert, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano.

Louisiana's Supreme Court has tossed out a lawsuit challenging the legality and constitutionality of proposed Amendment 2 on ...

By placing the Ten Commandments in our public-school classrooms, we ensure our students receive the same foundational moral compass as our state and country’s forefathers,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said.

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

Now that the state of Louisiana has cleared any legal hurdles and successfully carried out its first execution in over a ...