A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method.

Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate dies 3 weeks before he was to be state’s first execution in 15 years - “Give me a little time,” Christopher Sepulvado’s ex, who also served time for her son’s murder,

Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in March.

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that the secrecy surrounding the state’s use of nitrogen hypoxia violates his constitutional rights.