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Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas

The Associated Press on MSN · 4d

Louisiana death row inmate seeks more ‘humane’ method of execution

A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more “humane” method.

WGNO on MSN · 1d

Federal judge halts execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman

A federal judge has blocked the execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman, citing concerns that nitrogen hypoxia would cause severe psychological pain and violate his constitutional rights.

CNN on MSN · 13h

Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, such a method echoes the Holocaust.

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Death row inmate set for nitrous gas execution, his attorneys say it violates his 4th amendment right

Jessie Hoffman Jr., now 46 years old, was sentenced to death for the 1996 abduction, rape, and killing of a woman in St.

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Death Row Inmate Who Robbed, Raped, Kidnapped And Killed A Woman Expects To Be Executed In A ‘Humane’ Way

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argues Louisiana is using the inmate as a test for the nitrogen method that has only been ...

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Death penalty opponents file suit to save Jessie Hoffman

As the governor and others try to fulfill promises that the state will resume executing those awaiting the death penalty, ...

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