Live updates: Louisiana executes death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas
Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in a briefing after the execution. He inhaled pure nitrogen gas through a mask strapped to his face for 19 minutes while pinned to a gurney, officials said, until oxygen deprivation caused him to die.
Louisiana has witnessed its first execution by nitrogen, with Jessie Hoffman Jr, convicted of murder and rape, being put to death just after 7pm local time. Hoffman's legal team made a last-ditch ...
“It went flawless,” Secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety Gary Westcott said. “There was nothing that happened incorrectly.” Nitrogen hypoxia was approved by the state ...
On the day that Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years is scheduled to take place, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being ...
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