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Brian Slupski

Louisiana Death Row Inmate With Days to Live Who Pleaded For More 'Humane' Way to Die Gets His Wish

Jessie Hoffman

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Louisiana from using nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate after he pleaded with the court to give him a more 'humane' death.

Jessie Hoffman was scheduled to die March 18 by nitrogen gas hypoxia. It would be the first such execution in Louisiana and Hoffman had argued that it was cruel and unusual punishment.

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