Arkansas moves closer to allowing nitrogen gas executions

Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution. Now, at least two states are looking to follow in its path.
Arkansas lawmakers consider allowing nitrogen gas executions
Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation to authorize nitrogen gas as an execution method. Supporters say it will allow executions to resume in a state that hasn’t put anyone to death since it executed four inmates in 2017.
Arkansas House approves bill to add nitrogen suffocation as execution method
Arkansas currently only allows executions by lethal injection. If this bill becomes law, the state would join a small group of others permitting nitrogen hypoxia.
Arkansas nitrogen gas execution bill clears House and heads for Senate
Alabama was the first state to approve and use nitrogen gas for an execution. Reverend Jeff Hood attended to the January 2024 execution of 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith. Hood t
Bill allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
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.
Arkansas House committee advances bill to allow nitrogen gas executions
The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.
Arkansas Lawmakers Consider Nitrogen Suffocation Execution Method
House Bill 1489 would expand Arkansas' execution alternatives to lethal injection which, as of now, includes the electric chair.
Arkansas moves closer to allowing nitrogen gas executions after House vote
Arkansas currently only allows executions by lethal injection. If this bill becomes law, the state would join a small group of others permitting nitrogen hypoxia.
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Arkansas bill would allow the use of nitrogen gas in executions
in addition to other methods used in Arkansas. Nitrogen hypoxia is a process where nitrogen gas is inhaled to the point of suffocation. The bill also states that a death sentence “shall not be ...