Death Row, Louisiana and Nitrogen
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.
Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...
From introducing an act to generate more jobs, and a bill aiming to allow nitrogen hypoxia executions, it has been another ...
A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...
Alabama has used nitrogen gas on three other inmates in the past year. Critics say it amounts to torture while proponents praise its effectiveness. If the execution proceeds, Frazier will be the ...
No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.
The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.
A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was endorsed Thursday by an Arkansas House of ...
Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.
Companion animal euthanizations used to employ nitrogen hypoxia; however, after years of advocacy, all but two states have ...
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