Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...

Jessie Hoffman, Jr. was pronounced dead around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at the State Penitentiary at Angola, officials announced in ...

Hoffman will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a full-face respirator mask and forced to breathe nitrogen gas until his heart stops. Louisiana state courts The decision followed similar rulings ...

Louisiana's mask is a full-face respirator similar to those often used by painters and sandblasters. Since nitrogen gas was first used to execute Kenneth Smith in Alabama, fervent debate has ...

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute court ruling to halt the death penalty from being carried out.

Ruck marches, never short on pain and misery, become even worse when you combine Arizona’s high temperatures with gas masks and full packs ... and challenges they face in their roles.

officials had earlier said Hoffman would be strapped to a gurney before a full-face respirator mask fitted tightly on him. Pure nitrogen gas was then pumped into the mask, forcing him to breathe ...

File pic: AP Under Louisiana's protocol, inmates executed with the method are strapped to a gurney and have a full-face respirator mask fitted tightly. Pure nitrogen gas is then pumped into the ...

Alabama is the only state to use nitrogen gas for executions, and it has executed four people with the method. During the procedure, a full-face mask is used to administer pure nitrogen gas ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, which is ...

They also said the method, which involves an industrial, full-face mask ... forced to breathe pure nitrogen gas through a mask placed on their face, depriving them of oxygen.