19 minutes of gas administration, with his breathing and heart continuing for 14-16 minutes, and twitching and jerking, head movement, hand clenching and 'convulsive activity' are what seem to be being reported. However reporters who have witnessed other nitrogen executions describe suffering, including conscious terror for several minutes, shaking, gasping, and other evidence of distress. The witnesses observed the inmates' bodies 'writhing' under their restraints, 'vigorous convulsing and shaking for four minutes,' heaving, spitting, and a 'conscious struggling for life.'
Hoffman also spent 29 years on death row, and requested a firing squad. I see room for improvement.
DEATH row killer Jessie Hoffman has been executed with nitrogen gas in a 19-minute ordeal that left him “twitching and jerking”. The 46-year-old declined to make a final statement in th…
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Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first execution in 15 years.
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Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to put a man to death, marking the first time the state has used that execution method.
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