Nitrogen

In a significant and controversial event, a death row inmate in Louisiana was executed using nitrogen inhalation, a method previously employed solely in neighboring Alabama. This technique has drawn criticism from UN experts, who have likened it to a form of torture. Forty-six-year-old Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Mary "Molly" Elliot in 1996. His execution marks the first in Louisiana in a staggering 15 years. The announcement of Hoffman's execution came through statements made by two…

In a poignant chapter of American justice, the state of Alabama recently executed Demetrius Frazier, a man condemned for heinous crimes committed over three decades ago. His death, administered through nitrogen gas—a method that has spurred considerable ethical debate—marks the fourth instance of this controversial approach to capital punishment within Alabama’s borders. Frazier, aged 52 at the time of his execution, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the brutal murder of Pauline Brown, a 40-year-old mother of two, whose…

Alabama is gearing up to carry out the execution of Alan Miller, a convicted murderer, marking only the second instance of nitrogen asphyxiation as a method of capital punishment in the state. Alabama took the lead in this controversial approach back in January.