Arkansas signs highly-debated nitrogen gas execution into law
HB1489 was signed into law by Arkansas Gov. Sanders. The bill allows nitrogen hypoxia executions, changing the state's ...
Louisiana death row killer Jessie Hoffman becomes state’s first nitrogen gas execution
Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced ...
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How do nitrogen gas executions work, why are they controversial? What to know before Louisiana's.
Louisiana plans to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman next week. Here's what to know about the ...
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Can A Mask Detect Respiratory Health?
To test the masks, the breath of patients with asthma or COPD were monitored for nitrite, a biomarker for inflammation in both conditions. The results showed that the masks accurately detected the ...
A man who murdered a woman from Arizona has been put to death in Louisiana
ANGOLA, La. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort to block Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas, ...
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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 ...
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Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday. Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was convicted ...
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How do nitrogen gas executions work, why are they controversial? What to know before Louisiana's.
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 ...