Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

A group of veterinarians and animal welfare providers in Louisiana gathered to share their opposition to the state's decision ...

A newly proposed bill that would allow the use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution in Arkansas has officially passed ...

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

Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to be the state’s first execution in 15 years had filed a ...

Jeff Landry to turn away from the method, and for the state to ban its use. The state announced a new protocol that includes ...

After having been convicted of a murder in 1988, Kenny Smith was put to death by a never-before-used method— nitrogen hypoxia ...

The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol to Hoffman, depriving him of his rights. It also alleges executing Hoffman ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The group Jews Against Gassing gathered on the steps of the Touro Synagogue to protest against the state’s plan to execute death row inmates using nitrogen hypoxia. “We cannot ...

Earlier this month, Sepulvado was scheduled to die on March 17 by nitrogen hypoxia, as the state seeks to resume executions after 15 years, with Gerald Bordelon the last person executed by ...