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,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney ...
Louisiana death row inmate files suit to halt execution over use of nitrogen gas
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to be the state’s first execution in 15 years had filed a ...
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Jewish advocates in New Orleans want use of nitrogen gas banned in Louisiana executions
Jeff Landry to turn away from the method, and for the state to ban its use. The state announced a new protocol that includes ...
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Execution witness challenges Arkansas bill allowing nitrogen hypoxia method
After having been convicted of a murder in 1988, Kenny Smith was put to death by a never-before-used method— nitrogen ...
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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 ...
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Louisiana’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Dies Weeks Before Scheduled Execution by Nitrogen Hypoxia
Death row inmate 81-year-old Christopher Sepulvado was set to die for the 1992 beating and scalding death of his 6-year-old ...
Nitrogen hypoxia discontinued in euthanizing animals, why is it ok for humans?
Companion animal euthanizations used to employ nitrogen hypoxia; however, after years of advocacy, all but two states have ...