Louisiana Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution

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 method and why its controversial.
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Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution halted for now following federal judge's ruling
Dick granted the preliminary injunction Tuesday after a daylong hearing Friday in which attorneys for condemned inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that the state's plan to use nitrogen hypoxia as his method of death amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
Louisiana Can Carry Out First Nitrogen Gas Execution, Court Rules
Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward next week after a federal appeals court vacated a preliminary injunction on Friday. Jessie Hoffman Jr, 46, is scheduled to be executed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18.
Supreme Court approves execution by nitrogen gas for convicted killer
The Supreme Court has ruled that convicted killer and rapist Jessie Hoffman's execution using nitrogen gas can proceed as scheduled, despite arguments from his lawyers that it violates his protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
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