Arkansas becomes the latest state to allow nitrogen gas for executions, following in the footsteps of Alabama, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.

The state of Louisiana implemented a method of execution this month that advocates describe as cruel and unusual.

Airgas, a nitrogen and oxygen supplier, is considering action against Louisiana over potential misuse of its products during ...

Recent executions in South Carolina and Louisiana have sparked more debate amongst Americans. Does Florida use nitrogen gas ...

A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...

The State of Florida on Thursday executed a death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an 8-year-old girl and then ...

Louisiana ended its 15-year death penalty hiatus when it executed convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman with nitrogen gas.

The state executed convicted murderer-rapist Jessie Hoffman Jr. on Tuesday night (March 18). Hoffman was the first inmate executed in Louisiana in the past 15 years and the first put to death by ...

In Rapides Parish, two death row inmates currently await their fate in the Louisiana State Penitentiary – Darrell James ...

It was the fifth time nitrogen gas was used in the U.S. after four executions by the same method — all in Alabama.

The measure signed into law by the Republican governor has been promoted by supporters as a way to carry out executions for the first time in eight years. Arkansas currently has 25 people on death row ...

Nitrogen gas has been used in four other executions, each in the state of Alabama, where the method — also known as nitrogen ...