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Who was Jessie Hoffman? Hoffman was executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Louisiana on Tuesday.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The big picture: Hoffman was Louisiana's first death row inmate to face capital punishment by nitrogen hypoxia, representing an expansion of the method after Alabama began using it in 2024.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
Pushes for nitrogen gas executions stall Nitrogen hypoxia is already an authorized method of execution in Mississippi and Oklahoma, although it has not been used.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Lethal injection is the default method, and electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia are alternatives.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The big picture: Hoffman was Louisiana's first death row inmate to face capital punishment by nitrogen hypoxia, representing an expansion of the method after Alabama began using it in 2024.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
Pushes for nitrogen gas executions stall Nitrogen hypoxia is already an authorized method of execution in Mississippi and Oklahoma, although it has not been used.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Lethal injection is the default method, and electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia are alternatives.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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