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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening " the state's first execution in 15 years and its first using the largely-untested method " after a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over his face in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola death chamber. State officials pronounced Jessie Hoffman Jr. dead at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at Angola. 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. Officials acknowledged that Hoffman showed "convulsive activity" as he died and that he moved and shook. d.lawyerherald.com |
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More Alternate links: Google News | Twitter An appeal stated that since Hoffman is a Buddhist, his breathing and meditation practices would be disrupted by the execution process. Kill me with a firing squad, at least then, I'll be able to breathe air at the time of my death,' Hoffman requested. The state said no. "Dead Man Walking" (1995) took place in a Louisiana death row. Sister Helen Prejean continues advocating against the death penalty. Comments
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