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Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday. Hoffman, 46, was ...

Louisiana executed death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas despite last-ditch efforts by his legal team claiming the method violated his religious freedoms. Hoffman, who had been ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official ...

Jessie Hoffman remains scheduled for execution in Louisiana tonight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on a last-minute appeal. If carried out, it would be Louisiana’s first execution ...

Louisiana kills Jessie Hoffman in state’s first nitrogen gas execution Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman argued that the method violated his religious freedoms Michelle Del Rey Washington, D.C.