Is nitrogen execution too 'gruesome' and 'cruel?' Louisiana is about to find out
A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing ...
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How do nitrogen gas executions work, why are they controversial? What to know before Louisiana's.
Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...
Louisiana AG says state’s first nitrogen execution still expected Tuesday
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she expects Jessie Hoffman’s execution by nitrogen gas to go forth as planned ...
Jessie Hoffman asks Supreme Court to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that nitrogen gas violates his ...
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a ...
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Nitrogen gas bill could restart executions
If Gov. Sarah Sanders signs into law HB 1489, Arkansas executions could begin again. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw ...
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, ...
Louisiana Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution, Court Rules
Under the state's new procedure, Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney and forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a ...
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Louisiana Man to Be Executed Tuesday by Nitrogen Gas – Court Refuses Claim of Unconstitutionality
BATON ROUGE, LA - A motion was filed earlier this month challenging the state of Louisiana's use of nitrogen gas for the ...
A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution. The state says it will appeal
A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas. It was scheduled to take place next week ...
Louisiana Halts Nitrogen Gas Execution After Judge Agrees with Lawyers Claiming Method Akin to Torture
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using nitrogen hypoxia to put him to death would violate his constitutional rights ...
Louisiana man asks Supreme Court to stop his nitrogen gas execution
According to a new court filing, Jesse Hoffman is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to prevent him from being executed by nitrogen gas, saying the method violates his religious freedom and Eighth ...