A Louisiana prisoner in the dead cell On Tuesday was performed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used in the state before.
“Louisiana has successfully used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out the performance of Jessie Hoffman,” shared Louisiana -Procurur -General Liz Murrill with Fox News Digital in a statement.
Hoffman, 46, was convicted of the Kidnapping, rape and murder of the 28-year advertisement director, Mary “Molly” Elliott.
Elliott was abducted by Hoffman, who was then 18, from her house the day before Thanksgiving and shot the execution style in the countryside of St. Tammany Parish.
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Hoffman, 46, was convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary Elliott, a 28-year advertiser of 1996. (Caroline Tillman/Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central and Western Districts of Louisiana via AP)
“Hoffman was convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal and merciless rape and murder of the 28-year-old (Mary) Molly Elliott in 1996. Tonight, justice was served for Molly and the state of Louisiana,” Murrill continued.
“Governor Jeff Landry and I promised the citizens of Louisiana and to the family members of victims of these horrible crimes that we would follow the law and put them first.”
Hoffman refused to issue a definitive explanation before the gas started to flow, and he was then declared dead at 6.50 pm in the State Fine of Louisiana, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities said the nitrogen gas flowed for 19 minutes during what an official called a “flawless” execution, although a witness claimed Hoffman to see studying during the process.
Shortly before Hoffman would be put to death, the American Supreme Court voted 5-4 to refuse a last ditch request to block the execution.
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An undated photo of the initiative of the promise of Justice shows De Gurney in the new execution room in the penitentiary state of the state of Louisiana. (The Promise of Justice Initiative via AP)
Hoffman’s lawyer, Cecelia Kappel, argued earlier and without success in a state -healthy profession that the execution of the convicted murderer was unconstitutional and would violate his religious freedom.
“It is conscious suffocation,” Kappel told WVUE. “It has a pillow over your face. It’s like drowning.”
The attraction stated that, since Hoffman is a Buddhist, breathing and meditation practices would be disturbed by the implementation process.
“He suggested:” Kill me with a shooting team, “Kappel said.” “At least I will be able to breathe air at the time of my death.” And the state said no. “
Darrel Vannoy, center, the Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, walks into a room to announce that the execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. Tuesday goes ahead in Angola, LA. Hoffman was convicted in the murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Louisiana -Officials say That the method that a person of oxygen robes is painless and declares that it is beyond time for the state to deliver justice that is promised to the families after one and a half hiatus, the Associated Press reported the co-and half a hiatus-a break that is partly caused by an injective-drug.
Hoffman received a temporary postponement by a federal judge, but this was destroyed on Friday by the Fifth Circuit Courts and extra attempts to stop the execution of the state were also rejected on Tuesday morning.
Murrill said that the court’s decision will help to bring justice to Elliott.
“Breaking: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals destroys the order in the Hoffman case. The convicted murderer and rapist will be brought to court on Tuesday,” Murrill wrote in a message about X.
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“This is justice for Mary” Molly “Elliott, her friends, her family and for Louisiana.”
Murrill added that she expects at least four people to be performed in Louisiana’s death cell this year.
“The last execution here in Louisiana was from Gerald Bordelon in 2010, a convicted murderer and sex offender. Justice was postponed for far too long. I, together with the Louisiana Department of Justice, continued to ensure that justice is being made in all death fine,” Murrill.
“I have taken an oath to follow and defend the law. Now Jessie Hoffman stands for the ultimate judgment for God in the following.
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A flag of the state of Louisiana flies at the entrance of the Penitentiary Penitentia of the state of Louisiana in Angola, La., Where convicted murderer Jessie Hoffman Jr. was put to death. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Hoffman will be the seventh person who was executed in the US in 2025, and the first in Louisiana since 2010. He was the fifth person in the US ever performed by nitrogen gas, with the previous four that occur in Alabama.
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Death by nitrogen gas is currently allowed in just four states, including Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma. However, the method was only used in Alabama.
In recent decades, the number of executions has fallen nationally in the midst of legal fighting, according to the AP, which led to a majority of the States abolishing or pausing that the death penalty carries out.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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