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Louisiana conducts 1st nitrogen gas execution

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Louisiana becomes second state, after Alabama, to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas

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

New York Post on MSN · 3d

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 respirator mask while strapped to a gurney.

CounterPunch · 1d

The Final Hours of Jessie Hoffman, Murdered by the State of Louisiana

Louisiana was scheduled to murder Jessie Hoffman by first immobilizing him by tying down his arms, hands, legs and torso on a crucifix-like platform. Then, once he was helpless to resist, they would cover his face with an industrial-grade respirator and pump his lungs full of poison high-grade nitrogen gas.

NOLA.com1dOpinion

Will Sutton: Two Louisiana journalists witnessed the execution of Jessie Hoffman — for us

Columnist Will Sutton looks at the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr., with an eye on two journalists who saw something most of ...

3don MSN

US Supreme Court declines to block Louisiana execution set for Tuesday evening

Jessie Hoffman is set to die by nitrogen hypoxia Tuesday night, despite legal challenges arguing the method is cruel and ...

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 ...

Jessie Hoffman's final moments inside Louisiana's execution chamber at Angola

A few seconds before 6:27 p.m., Jessie Hoffman jerked slightly. It would be the last significant movement Hoffman would make, ...

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