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

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

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

This is a state that hasn't executed anybody in 15 years, and suddenly there’s this rush to kill,’ Jessie Hoffman’s attorney ...

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

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

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

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case ...

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

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

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 ...

House Bill 1489, filed by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage) has several sponsors in the Arkansas House of Representatives, ...