Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed Tuesday evening that Louisiana had carried out the execution of death row inmate ...
With Hoffman’s execution, Louisiana joins Alabama as the only other state in the U.S. to use the controversial gas method on ...
Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...
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.
Alabama officials said the shaking and gasping are involuntary movements associated with oxygen deprivation. Attorneys for Louisiana remain adamant that nitrogen hypoxia is seemingly painless.
Alabama has carried out four nitrogen executions, all of which drew criticism for the prolonged gasping and shaking observed in the inmates.” Though “Louisiana officials argue that their ...
Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted in a 1996 murder, argued the method of nitrogen hypoxia would violate his ability to ...
Louisiana has carried out its first nitrogen hypoxia execution and its first execution in 15 years, killing Jessie Hoffman Jr ...