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Louisiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Tuesday evening, using nitrogen gas for the first time amid Catholic criticism of both the death penalty itself and the mode of execution.

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

(NewsNation) — Louisiana death row inmate Jessie Hoffman is set to become the first person executed by nitrogen gas in the state Tuesday unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in. Hoffman’s execution ...