Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana's early history of executions under French, Spanish rule

Louisiana is one of 27 states that still uses the death penalty as a form of punishment.

Supreme Court rejects request to block Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the nitrogen gas had flowed for 19 minutes during what one official characterized as a “flawless” execution. It was …

Jessie Hoffman execution: Supreme Court could still intervene

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman remains scheduled for execution Tuesday evening, but legal challenges continue to unfold as his attorneys seek a last-minute stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. According to state penitentiary warden Darrel Vannoy, Hoffman will be executed between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Louisiana State Penitentiary will hold a press conference after the planned execution, where state off…

US state set to use execution method so 'inhumane' it's banned for pets

Louisiana is preparing to execute Jessie Hoffman using nitrogen hypoxia, a method that essentially suffocates the prisoner by depriving the body of oxygen

Ahead of Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, lawyers fight to halt death

Louisiana is set to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas, the state's first time using the execution method. Follow live updates throughout the day.

Louisiana man asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hours before a Louisiana man is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday, his attorneys are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the state’s first execution by nitrogen gas. Louisiana plans to use the new method to put Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, to death Tuesday evening in the state's first execution in 15 years. Nitrogen gas has been used just four other times to execute a person in the United States — all in Alabama, …