Capital punishment in Louisiana
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The most recent execution in Louisiana was of Jessie Hoffman Jr. in 2025; Hoffman, convicted of murder and rape, was the first person executed in the state in 15 years, and the first person to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Louisiana. The hiatus in executions had occurred due to the fact that execution protocols became tied up in litigation due to a 2012 lawsuit challenging Louisiana's lethal injection procedures. In addition, pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers did not sell the state lethal injection drugs due to an absence of a secrecy provision in Louisiana law until 2024. Despite this, a 2018 survey by the Louisiana State University found that a majority of Louisiana residents support capital punishment. On March 5, 2024, Governor Jeff Landry signed a law allowing executions to be carried out via nitrogen hypoxia and electrocution, in addition to lethal injection; the law paved the way for executions to...
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