When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops. +12 ...

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 ...

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued that using the new method of nitrogen hypoxia to put him death would violate his constitutional rights, according to CNN.The execution was due to occur next ...

The apparatus used for nitrogen gas executions at Angola prison in Louisiana [Photo: Louisiana state courts]. Louisiana ended its 15-year hiatus from state killings with the execution of Jessie ...

Jessie Hoffman, the death row inmate who could be the first man Louisiana puts to death by nitrogen gas, filed a new lawsuit late Tuesday seeking to stop his March 18 execution.

Louisiana's execution protocol has not been made available for public release though the state plans to put Jessie Hoffman to death using nitrogen gas this month.

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman have filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, arguing nitrogen gas violates his constitutional and religious rights.