HOUSTON (AP) — Louisiana is set this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, is scheduled to die on Tuesday in Louisiana. He was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An oxygen mask. Alabama attaches a similar-looking mask to a condemned inmate when conducting executions using nitrogen hypoxia.

A new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis allows more methods of execution for people convicted of capital crimes.

After Alabama carried out the country's first known execution by nitrogen gas last year, the state's attorney general delivered a message to other states: "Alabama has done it, and now so can you." So ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Tuesday allowing executions using nitrogen gas, making Arkansas the fifth state to adopt a method that opponents say is ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas death row inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state over a new law that allows it to execute them with nitrogen gas. Attorneys representing the inmates say Act 302 ...

Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Alabama carried out the country's first known execution by nitrogen gas last year, the state's attorney general delivered a ...