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Execution of Louisiana dying row inmate Jessie Hoffman scheduled for Tuesday



NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Louisiana dying row inmate Jessie Hoffman is one step nearer to his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

The Fifth Circuit Court docket of Appeals in New Orleans has overturned a decrease courtroom ruling that put the execution on maintain.

The decrease courtroom choose needed time to assessment proof on whether or not or not dying by nitrogen gasoline quantities to merciless and strange punishment. However the increased courtroom dismissed that assessment.

Hoffman’s attorneys say they may now enchantment to the U.S. Supreme Court docket.

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