jessie hoffman louisiana nitrogen gas execution

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Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years

Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over the man's face in the Angola State Penitentiary death chamber.

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Louisiana puts man to death in state's first nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States — all in Alabama, the only other state with a protocol for the method.

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Louisiana kills Jessie Hoffman in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

In 2024, Alabama became the first state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas when it put Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, to death. Smith was strapped to a gurney and fitted with a mask and breathing tube that slowly deprived him of oxygen. During the 22-minute-long execution, Smith shook and writhed within restraints on the gurney.

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Live updates: Louisiana executes death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas

In Louisiana's gas execution method, a death row inmate would be forced to breathe the pure nitrogen through a gas mask ...

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Louisiana death row killer Jessie Hoffman becomes state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...

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Louisiana ends 15-year death penalty drought with nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus Tuesday when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas. Hoffman, 46, was put to death at the Louisiana State ...

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Jessie Hoffman executed using nitrogen gas, first state execution in 15 years

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at ...

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Did Jessie Hoffman Jr. Have Any Final Words Before Louisiana Execution?

Hoffman's execution marks Louisiana's first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State's first time using nitrogen hypoxia for ...

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Louisiana executes inmate with nitrogen gas method after narrow Supreme Court decision

Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution ...

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Convicted murderer becomes Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution after appeal denied

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, a method never used in the state before.

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Louisiana puts man to death in its first nitrogen gas execution

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the US after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

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Louisiana executes death row inmate Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen gas

Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...

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