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Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges method

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Jessie Hoffman Jr. is scheduled to become the first person in Louisiana to be executed using nitrogen gas.

His attorneys say nitrogen hypoxia is cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution .

They say it infringes on his freedom to practice his religion, specifically Buddhist breathing and meditation exercises.

The last execution in Louisiana was 15 years ago , when the state used lethal injection.

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