Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution protocol hasn't been released to the public. "It relates to the most solemn … government ...

A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s execution protocol is a public record, in a case that could decide ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years.

From introducing an act to generate more jobs, and a bill aiming to allow nitrogen hypoxia executions, it has been another busy week at the Arkansas State Capitol.

The first person to be executed in America by way of nitrogen gas was Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, just over a year ago. Witnesses said Smith writhed and seized for several torturous minutes ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A newly proposed bill by Republican lawmakers in Arkansas is looking to add nitrogen gas to the methods of execution for death row inmates. House Bill 1489 would add the gas ...

In addition to Alabama and, now, Louisiana, nitrogen gas executions have also been approved by legislatures in Mississippi and Oklahoma, while Ohio and Nebraska positioned themselves to follow ...

Alabama executed a man using nitrogen gas last year, marking the first use ... The Protocol for Executions of Death Sentences includes the procedures for the nitrogen hypoxia method recently ...

An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel ...