Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation in the state since 1999.

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 ...

The US state of Alabama is now using nitrogen inhalation to kill death row inmates. The prisoner must inhale pure nitrogen, ...

Jeff Landry established protocols to use nitrogen gas to execute people sentenced to death. Judges have set execution dates for at least two people on death row in Louisiana. Greg LaRose ...

No matter what one's underlying position on the death penalty is, the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method is unquestionably barbaric. Louisiana hasn’t imposed the death penalty since 2010 ...

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 ...

Louisiana will be using the controversial nitrogen gas method for its execution, marking the end of a 15-year hiatus on capital punishment in the state. Arizona will resume executions after ...

If his execution date holds, Hoffman could be executed by nitrogen gas. His execution is scheduled for one day after the first scheduled execution in 15 years, of Christopher Sepulvado.