Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution
In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute ...
Louisiana to execute convicted murderer using contested nitrogen method it bans in pet euthanasia cases
Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it ...
Louisiana AG says state’s first nitrogen execution still expected Tuesday
Hoffman is on death row for kidnapping Mary Elliott in New Orleans, before raping and killing her in St. Tammany Parish in ...
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Louisiana’s first nitrogen execution to be carried out Tuesday
Jessie Hoffman's execution was cleared by a federal appeals court that vacated a preliminary injunction by a lower court.
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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The doctor defending Louisiana’s controversial execution method
Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch ...
The Breakdown: Explaining the uproar over nitrogen hypoxia
Nitrogen hypoxia requires pumping pure nitrogen through a full-facepiece respirator until the person dies by lack of oxygen.
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 ...
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, ...