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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.

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

Attorney General Liz Murrill says she expects at least four people on Louisiana ’s death row to be executed this year .

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