A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution protocol is a public record as the federal ...

A group of veterinarians and animal welfare providers in Louisiana gathered to share their opposition to the state's decision ...

A newly proposed bill that would allow the use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution in Arkansas has officially passed ...

Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them ...

A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

Kenneth Eugene Smith, an inmate in the US State of Alabama, Thursday became the first person ever to be put to death through the controversial nitrogen hypoxia mechanism. “Tonight Alabama caused ...

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to be the state’s first execution in 15 years had filed a ...

This new controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia has drawn backlash and scrutiny from critics everywhere, especially as it remains untested. Previously, Smith survived a botched attempt at lethal ...

Frazier's lawyers have attempted to delay the execution, arguing that nitrogen hypoxia is unconstitutional and that he should ...

The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the experimental method nitrogen hypoxia.