Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution. Now, at least two states are looking to follow ...

Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing ...

Louisiana officials have unsealed a redacted version of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, providing the ...

Lawyers for Louisiana and death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. have agreed to unseal the state's nitrogen gas execution ...

Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation to authorize nitrogen gas as an execution method. Supporters say it will allow ...

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.

The country’s first execution using nitrogen gas was carried out last year in Alabama, which has now been used to execute four people in the state. If Hoffman’s execution doesn’t get halted, Louisiana ...