Louisiana, Nitrogen and Death Row

Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month
Nitrogen gas is banned in Louisiana to euthanize dogs. The state plans to use it to kill a death row inmate next month - ‘This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,
Death Row Inmate Seeks To Block First Nitrogen Gas Execution In Louisiana With Lawsuit
Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them for euthanizing animals.
Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more than a decade, and the first by nitrogen gas, but the inmate’s attorneys are trying to stop it.
Louisiana death row inmate files lawsuit to block March 18 execution by nitrogen gas
The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol to Hoffman, depriving him of his rights. It also alleges executing Hoffman via nitrogen gas would violate the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
Louisiana death row inmate’s execution backed by AG Liz Murrill
Jessie Hoffman, a death row inmate, is scheduled to be Louisiana's first execution since 2010 and will be put to death by nitrogen gas, despite a lawsuit filed to stay his execution.
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Bill allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...
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Family members plead for Jessie Hoffman's life as nitrogen gas execution date looms
Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...
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As state lawmakers consider execution by nitrogen, a witness describes the horror
Priest Jeff Hood on North Little Rock shares an eyewitness account of the torturous nitrogen execution he witnessed in ...
How did life develop on early Earth? New source of nitrogen discovered
Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...
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Arkansas House committee advances bill to allow nitrogen gas executions
The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.
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House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill
No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.