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Louisiana death row inmate asks for last-minute court ruling to halt nitrogen gas execution

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Jessie Hoffman Jr. , 46 , is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday evening using nitrogen gas.

It would be the first time Louisiana has ever used the method.

Hoffman 's attorneys say the method is unconstitutional, violating the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

Hoffman was convicted of the 1996 murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott , a 28-year-old advertising executive.