House Bill 1489 would expand Arkansas' execution alternatives to lethal injection which, as of now, includes the electric ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...

Alabama has used nitrogen gas on three other inmates in the past year. Critics say it amounts to torture while proponents praise its effectiveness. If the execution proceeds, Frazier will be the ...

The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more than a decade and the first by nitrogen gas, but ...

No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.

A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was endorsed Thursday by an Arkansas House of ...

Jessie Hoffman, the death row inmate who could be the first man Louisiana puts to death by nitrogen gas, filed a new lawsuit late Tuesday seeking to stop his March 18 execution. The suit ...

The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.

BATON ROUGE, LA – After a 15-year hiatus, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced his administration’s intent to resume ...