Nitrogen asphyxiation kills by replacing breathable air with pure nitrogen, starving the brain and body of oxygen ...

Alabama will be the first state to use nitrogen in an execution. If it goes smoothly, other states are likely to follow. By Jan Hoffman The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of ...

Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed into law new methods of execution that can be used in Louisiana for the state’s nearly 60 death row prisoners starting July 1. Electrocution is back in rotation ...