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

AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File The judge noted that the execution method — in which a full-face mask is used to administer pure nitrogen gas, which prevents the inmate from receiving any oxygen ...

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 mask is a continuous-flow, full face, supplied air respirator with head straps," the protocol states. Prison officials will turn on the nitrogen hypoxia system and either allow the gas to ...

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 ...

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

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.