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 fastened tightly to their face for either 15 minutes or for 5 minutes after the inmate's heart rate reaches a flatline on an EKG, whichever is longer.
"I wanted to meet with him as part of my own healing process and am outraged that the prison and the board of pardons refused ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Jessie Hoffman’s appeal in a 5-4 decision, clearing the way for Louisiana’s first execution ...
Hoffman's execution marks Louisiana's first in 15 years as well as the Bayou State's first time using nitrogen hypoxia for ...
A judge in Baton Rouge dissolved a restraining order, allowing Jessie Hoffman's execution to proceed on Tuesday.
Hoffman's attorneys filed challenges in both state and federal courts on Monday as they sought a judge willing to stop the ...
People still say, ‘That’s not the Jessie I knew.’ But most didn’t know what he endured at home – and that’s likely what drove ...
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