Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago. Hoffman declined to make a final statement in the execution chamber. He was convicted of the murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott, a 28-year-old advertising executive who was killed in 1996.

Louisiana puts man to death in state’s first nitrogen gas execution

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago. Hoffman declined to make a final statement in the execution chamber. He was convicted of the murder of Mary “Molly” Elliott, a 28-year-old advertising executive who was killed in 1996.