A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections passed the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee on Thursday (Feb.

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 Representatives panel.

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 executions using a newly-approved nitrogen gas protocol, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI).

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