Death row inmate in US executed using nitrogen gas after Supreme Court appeal fails
Nitrogen gas had only been used in death row executions four times before Jessie Hoffman Jr. was executed in Louisiana on Tuesday. His lawyers tried to argue the method was unconstitutional because it was cruel and unusual.
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Hoffman was pronounced dead at 6.50pm after being executed at Louisiana State Penitentiary. File pic: AP
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