Here’s how state plans to use nitrogen gas

Louisiana execution protocol unsealed: Here’s how the state plans to use nitrogen gas
Louisiana officials have unsealed a redacted version of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, providing the first public look at how the state plans to carry out its first execution in nearly 15 years.
Louisiana's execution protocol unsealed. New detailed plans to use nitrogen gas released.
Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution protocol, which was being kept secret from the public until now.
Arkansas lawmakers consider allowing nitrogen gas executions
Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation to authorize nitrogen gas as an execution method. Supporters say it will allow executions to resume in a state that hasn’t put anyone to death since it executed four inmates in 2017.
Louisiana death row inmate seeks to halt execution as state unseals nitrogen gas protocol
Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that the secrecy surrounding the state’s use of nitrogen hypoxia violates his constitutional rights.
Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution. Now, at least two states are looking to follow in its path.
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
The country’s first execution using nitrogen gas was carried out last year in Alabama, which has now been used to execute four people in the state. If Hoffman’s execution doesn’t get halted, Louisiana will become the second state to utilize the method on death row inmates.
Should Louisiana publicly release its nitrogen gas execution protocols? Courts weigh arguments
Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution protocol hasn't been released to the public. "It relates to the most solemn … government action that the government can take, which is to take somebody’s life," said the lawyer for Jessie Hoffman,
Death Row Inmate Seeks To Block First Nitrogen Gas Execution In Louisiana With Lawsuit
Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them for euthanizing animals.
Arkansas House approves bill to add nitrogen suffocation as execution method
Arkansas currently only allows executions by lethal injection. If this bill becomes law, the state would join a small group of others permitting nitrogen hypoxia.
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