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Louisiana, Jessie Hoffman and nitrogen gas execution

WGNO on MSN · 6h

Jessie Hoffman asks Supreme Court to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing that nitrogen gas violates his constitutional and religious rights. The state says the execution should proceed.

USA TODAY on MSN · 9h

Is nitrogen execution too 'gruesome' and 'cruel?' Louisiana is about to find out

A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing suffocation.

WBHM 90.3 · 10h

Attorneys, advocates make last-minute bid to stop Louisiana’s execution of Jessie Hoffman

Hoffman’s execution is set for Tuesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge’s decision to block it earlier this month.

From New Orleans parking worker to death row: See timeline of Jessie Hoffman's murder case

Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman on March 18 using nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the ...

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Baton Rouge judge halts execution of Jessie Hoffman

A baton rouge judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday ahead of a hearing set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

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State leaders confident amid court battles to execute Hoffman

Hoffman and his legal team are fighting on the grounds of the method he is set to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia, a form of ...

Religion is baked into Louisiana's death penalty practices, but executions divide faith leaders

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...

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Execution of Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman set after court ruling

"The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning ...

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