JC Hoffman Junior was sentenced to death by smelling nitrogen gas.
Angola: A man found guilty of killing a woman in 1996 in Louisiana, USA, was sentenced to death on Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas. This was the fifth case of death penalty from nitrogen gas in the US and all 4 earlier cases were related to Alabama. Officials said 46 -year -old JC Hoffman Junior was declared dead at 6:50 pm at Louisiana State Penitantory. Officials said the supply of nitrogen gas continued for 19 minutes, and Hoffman succumbed to nitrogen.
Murder was done at the age of 18 years
Let us know that 3 more people have to be sentenced to death in America this week, and all three will be injected with injections. A man will be sentenced to death in Arizona on Wednesday, while 2 people are to be sentenced to death in Florida and Oklahoma on Thursday. Hoffman was convicted of the murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot. 28 -year -old Mary was murdered by Hoffman at New Orleans. Hoffman was 18 years old at the time of crime and since then he spent most of his adults in the same jail in South-East Louisiana, where he was sentenced to death by smelling nitrogen on Tuesday evening.
Relief was also not received from Supreme Court
Let me tell you that earlier this month after the court battle, Hoffman’s lawyers moved the Supreme Court in the last hope of stopping the hanging but they did not get any relief. He had argued that this is a cruel method of punishing death, but Louisiana officials told the court that the person would not have any trouble in this method. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Louisiana officials with a majority of 5-4 in the case. On Tuesday afternoon, some people also staged a protest outside the jail, but this did not make any difference to the plan to punish Hoffman.
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