Louisiana Resumes Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution

Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution since 2010.

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Louisiana puts man to death in state's first nitrogen gas execution

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was put to death Tuesday evening in Louisiana's first execution in 15 years.
CBS News - 43m
Louisiana executes man with nitrogen gas after 15-year pause

Louisiana put a condemned man to death using nitrogen gas Tuesday evening in its first execution since 2010, making it only the second state to administer the controversial method.
NBC News - 9h
Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution

A federal judge halted Louisiana from immediately moving forward with the state's nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr.
CBS News - Mar. 11
Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas as execution method

Jessie Hoffman Jr, who would become first person state killed this way, says his religious rights would be violated. A man scheduled to become the first person executed by nitrogen gas in Louisiana ...
The Guardian - Mar. 8
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas

Jessie Hoffman is trying to halt his March 18 execution, saying nitrogen gas protocol is shrouded in secrecy.
The Hill - Mar. 8
Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the court's three liberal justices in ...
The Hill - 1h
Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution blocked by federal judge

A federal judge temporarily blocked Louisiana's first execution in 15 years after lawyers for the man argued nitrogen hypoxia would violate his constitutional rights.
NBC News - Mar. 11
America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to die

Desolate spectacle of executions begins again under Trump, in landscape of capital punishment as riven as US is as a whole. David Leonard Wood. Jessie Hoffman. Aaron Gunches. Wendell Grissom. ...
The Guardian - Mar. 11
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in birthright citizenship cases

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to limit three lower court orders that blocked enforcement of his birthright citizenship executive order nationwide.
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