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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sara Cline

Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method

Louisiana Nitrogen Death Penalty - (AP2009)

A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more “humane” method.

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued against the capital punishment method of nitrogen hypoxia in a Baton Rouge federal court on Friday.

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